When I was in a meeting, I got advice that was someone telling me that in order to be successful, I needed to create the character Mac Miller that couldn't be the same person as who I really was.

You could have the world in the palm of your hand, but it don't mean a thing 'til you change it.

When I was a kid, hip-hop had that effect on me, it was escape and it showed me a different way of life.

I'm 21 years old and I think that I've got a lot of perspective in life.

When I was in a meeting, I got advice that was someone telling me that in order to be successful, I needed to create the character Mac Miller that couldn't be the same person as who I really was.

You can be labelled but if it doesn't speak to people then it won't work. The social media and online has been really important. Fans are really smart too: they don't want to hear something manufactured or something that has too much marketing behind it.

Someone told me sleep was the cousin of death and followin' the dollar finds nothin' but stress.