My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player; he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day.… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
People will send me tweets or texts, 'Yo, I'm at Red Lobster now and they're playing Mayer Hawthorne,' more of that kind… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Barry White, Smokey Robinson and Curtis Mayfield are big influences for me. But I'm also a metal head. I was in a… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Man, I have so many names that everybody calls me something different. Some people call me Drew, some people call me Mayer,… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I've always been the DJ or the bass player or the drummer, somebody in the background. I don't think anybody who knows… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
With any cover, I like to choose songs that affected me strongly already. So it's tough sometimes to take a song that… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I've always loved records, even when I was a kid, my parents would buy me records instead of a lot of the… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I really don't care at all what people call me as long as they're listening to the music and talking about it.… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with. — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My dad calls me 'Mac' a lot, from 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out' - Little Mac is the main character. I was obsessed. I can… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
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… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I definitely have a hearty breakfast before I do anything. — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
When you're a soul singer, I'm singing a lot of songs about love and relationships that I think a lot of girls really relate… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Barry White is my musical hero. He was the guy who you danced to in the club and then when you took your lady… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I try to make sure that I make music that can stand the test of time. — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
