A Lot Of People Think I Live

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.