I Grew Up In Ann Arbor, About

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.

I Consider Myself To Have A Decent Sense Of Humor. What's Life Without A Sense Of Humor?

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.

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.

Barry White Is My Musical Hero. He Was The Guy Who You Danced To In The Club And Then When You Took Your Lady Home To The Bedroom, You Listened To Him There, Too! That's Who I Always Wanted To Be - The Guy Who Was Always There.