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" 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
High
High School
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" Shout out to Daryl Hall. He is the best. One of my true musical heroes. He comes from the Philly area so when it comes to true soul, the guy obviously is the expert. "
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Heroes
True
Soul
" I learn the most from trial and error. I learn about what I'd like to be able to do from people like Barbara Mason. Saying I want to sing like Barbara Mason and doing it, it's two very different scenarios. "
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Doing
Two
Saying
" My intentions with any of my music is to keep it futuristic and updated and be experimental and try new things. "
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New
New Things
Intentions
" It's important that when kids are listening to my music they don't think of it as their parent's music. "
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Think
Music
" I think that what happens is that all of my modern influences blend together with the older soul influences and you get Mayer Hawthorne. "
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Older
Together
Think
" Man, I have so many names that everybody calls me something different. Some people call me Drew, some people call me Mayer, some people call me Haircut. "
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Me
Some People
Man
" Drums, bass, guitar, keys, I play a little of each of those. "
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Guitar
Play
Drums
" Nowhere on earth has more soul than Detroit. "
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Detroit
Soul
Earth
" I couldn't live in L.A. and not be close to the beach, you know, that's like the whole thing. I don't understand people who don't live by the beach. Why would you not? "
Mayer Hawthorne
You
Beach
Why
" I'm a serious student of music, a perfectionist in the studio, and I take the arrangement and production of it very seriously, down to the mixing and mastering even. But at the same time I'm having so much fun with it. I try not to take myself so seriously. "
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Down
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" 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
You
Walk
Step
" 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
Parents
Thinking
Music
" I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper. "
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Want
Music
Rapper
" I've been DJing since before I could read the labels on the records. "
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Since
Been
Before
" I never have, but I would love to pick R. Kelly's brain. "
Mayer Hawthorne
Brain
Kelly
Pick
" My singing really seemed to connect with people, and it ended up as my main career, which I love. "
Mayer Hawthorne
Career
People
Love
" I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. What's life without a sense of humor? "
Mayer Hawthorne
Sense Of Humor
Life
Humor
" 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
Grow
Up
You
" I really don't care at all what people call me as long as they're listening to the music and talking about it. They can call me a space-jazz flautist. I don't care at all. "
Mayer Hawthorne
Long
Care
Listening
" 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
Gone
Happy
Help
" 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
Band
Him
Me
" I love doing things that people don't expect. "
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People
Things
Doing
" Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I definitely have a hearty breakfast before I do anything. "
Mayer Hawthorne
Before
Breakfast
Day
" 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. "
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Parents
Education
Music
" 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
Character
Beat
Punch
" I think that Detroiters are some of the most resilient people in the world. "
Mayer Hawthorne
Resilient
Think
People
" People will send me tweets or texts, 'Yo, I'm at Red Lobster now and they're playing Mayer Hawthorne,' more of that kind of stuff, which is hilarious. "
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Kind
Will
Red
" I've always loved records, even when I was a kid, my parents would buy me records instead of a lot of the other toys kids got. That's what I wanted. I've been collecting records and DJing my whole life, and I thank my parents for that. They had a big record collection and really imparted the magic of it on me. "
Mayer Hawthorne
Magic
Loved
Always
" I've been really lucky to have had my fair share of relationships over the years and experiences to draw from. But I would say that I generally am not the one doing the heartbreaking. "
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Fair
Relationships
Say
" 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. "
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Kind
Cool
Enemy