--- title: "1 Amazingly Positive Quotes By Mike D" description: "1 Amazingly Positive quotes by Mike D. Plus more from Mike D and more Amazingly Positive sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/mike-d-7016_every-morning_having-to-wake-up-at-seven-and-go-take-t_2615068.png" --- > [Having to wake up at seven and go take the subway every morning, having to get over there with all these commuters and see every possible face of humanity and realizing that you're just the same as these other people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/having-to-wake-up-at-seven-and-go-take-the-subway-every-morning/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/mike-d-7016_every-morning_having-to-wake-up-at-seven-and-go-take-t_2615068.png) ## More by Mike D > [I don't like the George Costanza-style wallet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/i-don-t-like-the-george-costanza-style-wallet/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) > [When you get to a point where you're not beholden to a record company, then it's up to you to say, 'OK, enough knob-turning.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/when-you-get-to-a-point-where-you-re-not-beholden-to-a-record-company/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) > [I grew up with a clock radio next to my bed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/i-grew-up-with-a-clock-radio-next-to-my-bed/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) > [We're kind of doing what Bob McAllister did with 'Wonderama,' which is making people realize that kids are people, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/we-re-kind-of-doing-what-bob-mcallister-did-with-wonderama-which-is/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) > [When Yauch died, it was really like losing my older brother. I mean, I have biological older brothers, but growing up, Adam really was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/when-yauch-died-it-was-really-like-losing-my-older-brother-i-mean-i/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) > [When I was growing up in New York, we were the anomaly. Our family stayed, but back then families didn't stay. Once you had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/when-i-was-growing-up-in-new-york-we-were-the-anomaly-our-family/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) > [Growing up in New York City and hip-hop are two inseparable things, two things that are totally intertwined in our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/growing-up-in-new-york-city-and-hip-hop-are-two-inseparable-things/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) > [We do not let our music get used in commercials for commercial products.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/we-do-not-let-our-music-get-used-in-commercials-for-commercial/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) > [I guess when time came to make 'To The 5 Boroughs,' we had something important to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/i-guess-when-time-came-to-make-to-the-5-boroughs-we-had-something/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) > [I don't think about Yauch in the form of his death. I think about him in the form of his life. He was like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/i-don-t-think-about-yauch-in-the-form-of-his-death-i-think-about-him/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) > [What was interesting about grunge was that it was this death sentence to the rock that had preceded it, which was hair metal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/what-was-interesting-about-grunge-was-that-it-was-this-death-sentence/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) > [What would've been the downside of holding bin Laden accountable by our own values of justice by which our country is based on?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/what-would-ve-been-the-downside-of-holding-bin-laden-accountable-by/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) > [In the time we made 'To the 5 Boroughs,' there was a political seriousness because of what was happening in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/in-the-time-we-made-to-the-5-boroughs-there-was-a-political/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) > [We have not been able to tour since MCA, Adam Yauch, died.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/we-have-not-been-able-to-tour-since-mca-adam-yauch-died/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) > [I have an equal amount of patience as my grade-school children, which is not great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/i-have-an-equal-amount-of-patience-as-my-grade-school-children-which/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amazingly-positive/mike-d/#itemlist", "name": "1 Amazingly Positive Quotes By Mike D", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Having to wake up at seven and go take the subway every morning, having to get over there with all these commuters and see every possible face of humanity and realizing that you're just the same as these other people is actually an amazingly positive thing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mike D" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/having-to-wake-up-at-seven-and-go-take-the-subway-every-morning/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/mike-d-7016_every-morning_having-to-wake-up-at-seven-and-go-take-t_2615068.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/mike-d-7016_every-morning_having-to-wake-up-at-seven-and-go-take-t_2615068.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/mike-d-7016_every-morning_having-to-wake-up-at-seven-and-go-take-t_2615068.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Having to wake up at seven and go take the subway every morning, having to get over there with all these…” — Mike D", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amazingly-positive/mike-d/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amazingly-positive/mike-d/", "name": "Amazingly Positive Quotes by Mike D", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amazingly-positive/mike-d/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/mike-d-7016_every-morning_having-to-wake-up-at-seven-and-go-take-t_2615068.png" }, "description": "1 Amazingly Positive quotes by Mike D. 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