--- title: "4 Derek E. Miller Quotes - Famous Politician" description: "American politician... | Derek E. Miller is the former Treasurer of Macomb County, Michigan. Previously, he was elected to the Michigan House of Represe..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-derek-e-miller-70357.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Derek E. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-derek-e-miller-70357.jpg) # Derek E. Miller (1983) Politician **4** quotes in **35** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Derek E. Miller is a politician. ## Quick Facts About Derek E. Miller Born October 25, 1983 Profession Politician ## About Derek E. Miller American politician... \| Derek E. Miller is the former Treasurer of Macomb County, Michigan. Previously, he was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2014 and served as an Assistant Prosecutor in Macomb County, a role he returned to in 2017. In 2025, Miller launched his law practice and consulting firm, D. Mil ## Quotes by Derek E. Miller > [The first listen is very important to me. Half of my favorite records just hit you in the face immediately with something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-e-miller/the-first-listen-is-very-important-to-me-half-of-my-favorite-records/) [Derek E. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-e-miller/) [Big challenges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-challenges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/derek-e-miller-70357_big-challenges_the-first-listen-is-very-important-to-me_343253.jpg) > [I deeply care about what the fans think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-e-miller/i-deeply-care-about-what-the-fans-think/) [Derek E. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-e-miller/) [Care](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/care/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/derek-e-miller-70357_care_i-deeply-care-about-what-the-fans-think_874057.jpg) > [I'm happy to have discussions about what's going on creatively to an extent but I need final cut on absolutely everything. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-e-miller/i-m-happy-to-have-discussions-about-what-s-going-on-creatively-to-an/) [Derek E. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-e-miller/) [Bent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/derek-e-miller-70357_bent_i-m-happy-to-have-discussions-about-what_2373626.jpg) > [I don't want to write melodies anymore. I can only write really simple, dumb caveman melodies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-e-miller/i-don-t-want-to-write-melodies-anymore-i-can-only-write-really-simple/) [Derek E. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-e-miller/) [Dumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dumb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/581/derek-e-miller-70357_dumb_i-don-t-want-to-write-melodies-anymore-i_2959175.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-e-miller/#itemlist", "name": "Derek E. Miller Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The first listen is very important to me. Half of my favorite records just hit you in the face immediately with something memorable and within three-and-a-half minutes you know you've heard something really special. I want to make records like that, but it's a big challenge.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Derek E. 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