Author: Mayer Hawthorne

Quotes

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

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

- Mayer Hawthorne

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

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

- Mayer Hawthorne

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.

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

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

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

- Mayer Hawthorne

I've been through a lot of situations with women and if I can help someone else avoid the pitfalls that I've gone through then I'm happy to help.

I've been through a lot of situations with women and if I can help someone else avoid the pitfalls that I've gone through then I'm happy to help.

- Mayer Hawthorne

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

- Mayer Hawthorne

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