Mayer Hawthorne famous quotes

I DJ all the time, as much as I possibly can. I'll never stop. That's my security blanket, that's what I'm good at. I still consider myself a better DJ than a singer. I can DJ in my sleep.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Sleep #Singers #Blanket

Even when I was a hip-hop DJ I always kept it classy. The motto is always 'flashy but classy.' You've got to be original and stand out from the crowd and take some chances. But you've always got to keep it classy.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Hip Hop #Crowds #Hips

I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Rapper #Hip Hop #Soul

I never have, but I would love to pick R. Kelly's brain.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Brain #R Kelly

I shopped at J. Crew in high school, I studied computer science. I was a nerd-nerd, now I'm a music-nerd.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#School #Nerd #Computer

I think that Detroiters are some of the most resilient people in the world.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Thinking #People #World

I think that what happens is that all of my modern influences blend together with the older soul influences and you get Mayer Hawthorne.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Thinking #Soul #Together

I try to make sure that I make music that can stand the test of time.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Trying #Tests #Test Of Time

I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#People #Band #Expecting

My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player; he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught me to play bass when I was about 6. I used to just go to band practice with him, and whoever didn't show up for rehearsal that day, I would take their spot.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Dad #Player #Practice

I love doing things that people don't expect.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#People

I just want to make music as long as I can and reach as many people as I can.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Long #People #Want

I just want to have fun and party with everyone around the world. That's the only rule, to have fun.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Fun #Party #World

I was really fortunate growing up to have a broad musical education. My parents listened to all kinds of music, rock, soul, Motown, jazz, Frank Sinatra, everything.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Growing Up #Rocks #Parent

A lot of people think I live in a soul bubble.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Thinking #People #Soul

Drums, bass, guitar, keys, I play a little of each of those.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Play #Keys #Guitar

Gary Numan had a huge influence on both my music and my style. He had his own unique fashion sense - that futuristic space style. It was out there.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Fashion #Unique #Space

I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. What's life without a sense of humor?
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Sense Of Humor #Decent

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I definitely have a hearty breakfast before I do anything.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Important #Breakfast #Meals

Marvin Gaye was the ultimate ladies' man and a big part of that was the way he dressed. If you're having trouble getting ladies, step your suit game up and see the difference. Walk into a bar in a tailored suit and I guarantee every girl will check you out.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Girl #Men #Games

I really love rap music. I grew up in the '80s and '90s with Public Enemy, N.W.A., LL Cool J - I'm a hip-hop encyclopedia. But I got kind of frustrated with the chauvinistic side of rap music, the one that makes it hard to write songs about love and relationships.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Song #Rap #Writing

I grew up in the '80s and '90s listening to Public Enemy and Mobb Deep and the Smashing Pumpkins. I don't even know what it was like in the '60s - I wasn't alive then - so the Mayer Hawthorne sound is taking what I can learn from the classics, and blending it with my hip-hop DJ and producer background and punk-rock bands that I played in as a kid.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Kids #Rocks #Hip Hop

My intentions with any of my music is to keep it futuristic and updated and be experimental and try new things.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Trying #Intention #Music Is

A big part of the Motown formula was, they took music and turned it into this sort of automotive assembly line. They were cranking out 10 songs a day in that studio, or more.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Song #Lines #Bigs

My dad calls me 'Mac' a lot, from 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out' - Little Mac is the main character. I was obsessed. I can still beat Mike Tyson on 'Punch Out.'
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Dad #Character #Littles

James Brown is the perfect example of flashy but classy. Classy doesn't have to mean boring. His gear was flamboyant but without being so over the top. The cape was probably the biggest part of his persona. He looked like Superman.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Mean #Perfect #Gears

I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy dose of Motown automatically.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Growing Up #Healthy #West

That's one of the most important things to me is that Detroit and Ann Arbor got my back. If you don't have hometown love, then what's the point?
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Important #Detroit #Arbors

Nowhere on earth has more soul than Detroit.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Soul #Detroit #Earth

I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Kids #Thinking #Parent

I don't think I've ever had more fun doing anything in my life than trading verses with Daryl Hall on 'Private Eyes.' That's as fun as it gets.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Fun #Eye #Thinking

I didn't appreciate Mick Jagger until I got older, and mainly because of the Mick Jagger swagger. He defined that for the world. He was bold and adventurous with it, too - just the ultimate rock star.
-- Mayer Hawthorne

#Stars #Rocks #Appreciate