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" My singing really seemed to connect with people, and it ended up as my main career, which I love. "
Mayer Hawthorne
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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 to. For whatever reason, that seems to get 'em excited. The DJ, everyone always says the DJ gets all the chicks, but that's never been my experience. "
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" I just want to have fun and party with everyone around the world. That's the only rule, to have fun. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs. "
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" Nowhere on earth has more soul than Detroit. "
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" Music is timeless, so I want to give people shows they'll never forget so that I can do this forever. "
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People
Never Forget
" I never have, but I would love to pick R. Kelly's brain. "
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" I love doing things that people don't expect. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Band
Him
Me
" Everybody comments that I'm white. I'm surprised I haven't gotten more criticism for it. I'm always expecting any day now it's gonna come. I guess I just attribute the lack of hate to people hearing the music and hearing how much I genuinely love it. "
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White
People
Hate
" I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with. "
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Me
Expecting
Always
" I try to make sure that I make music that can stand the test of time. "
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Sure
Test
Time
" With any cover, I like to choose songs that affected me strongly already. So it's tough sometimes to take a song that you love so much and put your own spin on it because you get such a strong feeling from the original. "
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Tough
" 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. "
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Myself
Good
Sleep
" I shopped at J. Crew in high school, I studied computer science. I was a nerd-nerd, now I'm a music-nerd. "
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High
High School
" 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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" I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. What's life without a sense of humor? "
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Life
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" I've always been the DJ or the bass player or the drummer, somebody in the background. I don't think anybody who knows me personally would say that I'm particularly shy or introverted, but I'm definitely not like Mr. Attention. "
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" A lot of people think I live in a soul bubble. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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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" Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I definitely have a hearty breakfast before I do anything. "
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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. "
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