Latest Mayer Hawthorne Quotes from Interviews

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• 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.

  Mayer Hawthorne

  Hero, Home, Guy

  Source: www.billboard.com

• Hip-hop was my first real love, one that was my own and wasn't my parents' music. Initially, I was inspired by hip-hop fashion. Over the years, I kept the hip-hop sensibility, but make it my own.

  Mayer Hawthorne

  Fashion, Real, Inspired

  Source: www.billboard.com

• Having stuff that fits you perfectly makes the craziest difference. I remember the first times that I was introduced to that - having a shirt that's actually tailored to your body and not just made for your average American. It just changes your life.

  Mayer Hawthorne

  Remember, Changing Your Life, Fit

  Source: www.billboard.com

• My grandma Ricky - that's where I got classic look from. She was the most stylish person ever. She had her own clothing store and even her furniture was stylish. I got my "Flashy, but classy" motto from her, too. Whenever she walked in the room, she was always the most stylish person in the room.

  Mayer Hawthorne

  Grandma, Classic, Motto

  Source: www.billboard.com

• I'm trying to just drop so much music that people cannot ignore it.

  Mayer Hawthorne

  People, Trying

  Source: www.spin.com

• I was a hip-hop head. When I really found my own lane in music, it was hip-hop. I wanted to make hip-hop music. And I did, I made a lot of hip-hop music.

  Mayer Hawthorne

  Hip Hop, Hips, Lanes

  "A Q&A with Mayer Hawthorne". Interview with John Macdonald, www.spin.com. October 20, 2010.