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I grew up in a city called Southfield, and it's one of the most diverse cities in the country. Just from the different socio-economic statuses and racial and ethnic groups I was around, I was around all different types of music from the beginning.

— Mike Posner

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I was bred and raised in a multi-cultural music background.

— Coco Lee

I grew up with a wide range of music.

— Rutina Wesley

I grew in the inner city, listening to Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, The Commodores - lots of soul music.

— Stefon Harris

A lot of new genres were being born at the time I started going out to clubs in South London, and I was part of an exciting movement that has now blown up around the world.

— Jamie xx

The roots of my music start from the ghetto.

— Ziggy Marley

I started playing guitar, like, when I was 17 or so, but where I'm from, you just don't hear about people moving to Nashville and making it. It was such a foreign thing to me. I never knew music was an option for me.

— Kip Moore

I grew up in New York City - I grew up surrounded by every sound that you imagine can come from a New Yorker. All of the different boroughs and all of the different sounds.

— Maggie Wheeler

In the days when regional music was very clearly defined and had a clear personality - Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, whatever - Philadelphia had a tradition that was very distinct and unique.

— John Oates

✗Opposing Perspectives

I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other musicians around.

— Gary Burton

I was raised on the Southside of Chicago, and my whole family was musically-inclined.

— Jeremih