Mike Will Made It Quotes

Mike Will Made It

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 23, 1989

I wouldn't say money can buy happiness. Happiness starts with yourself. Money can buy a smile, though.

Mike Will Made It

No teacher ever skipped the student process... if you want to be a leader, you have to be a follower first.

Mike Will Made It

You can scroll through my iTunes and I've got everything. I've got Ace Hood, Alt-J, Annie Lennox, Arctic Monkeys, Beanie Sigel, the Beatles, Beth Hart, Big Sean, Bob Dylan, Bon Iver, Chief Keef, Coldplay, the Flaming Lips, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, OutKast, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Gabriel, the Smiths, and the list goes on from there.

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A lot of times, older people don't get the new generation.

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I've just got to keep a balanced head and stay focused.

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For 'Black Beatles' to be so true to us and our sound - we weren't chasing a sound - it solidifies that the world is ready for us and what we have to come.

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I was able to bring Gucci and Rae Sremmurd on a track together. It was crazy because it seemed like it was destined to be.

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Putting together a hit record is like putting together a puzzle.

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When I was still at Interscope, I told them about Rae Sremmurd and we were talking about signing them. I was like, 'This is the hood Backstreet Boys, the black *NSYNC. This is the most ratchet pop is gonna get and this is the most pop hip-hop is gonna get.'

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I'm a producer, not just a beatmaker but a producer.

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I'm always that dude that's looking for the next thing.

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Me and Miley just clicked. She has good ideas. She's real creative.

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We Can't Stop' has so many different vibes to it. She sounds country; the beat has these live, knocking drums; and then it has these pop melodies. It's a feel-good record.

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I just want to change the game.

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We Can't Stop' was the first song we did. We didn't try to reach and be too 'hood:' It's hip-hop-influenced, but Miley's a pop singer, and she's going to have country in there.

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With 'HUMBLE.,' I knew that beat was going to capture a moment. It just felt real urgent.

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I do it all, man. I produce, I do my own wardrobe and my own ironing, too!

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People told me that Miley's '23' wasn't hip-hop. Let me tell you, she went in and owned that track.

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When people question me about whether something is hip-hop, I ask them, 'Does it sound hard? Does it hit home? Is it raw and real?' If it is, I did my job. And you can call it whatever you want.

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With rapping, that's just another form of expressing your music. Whether you're going to rap, you're going to sing, it's whatever you want.

Mike Will Made It