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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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• My singing really seemed to connect with people, and it ended up as my main career, which I love.

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• 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’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’ve been DJing since before I could read the labels on the records.

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• I’ve always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren’t expecting me to tour with.

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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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• 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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• 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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• I love doing things that people don’t expect.

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• I just want to make music as long as I can and reach as many people as I can.

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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 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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• 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 consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. What’s life without a sense of humor?

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• Gary Numan had a huge influence on both my music and my style. He had his own unique fashion sense – that futuristic space style. It was out there.

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• Drums, bass, guitar, keys, I play a little of each of those.

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• A lot of people think I live in a soul bubble.

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• 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.’

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Mayer Hawthorne (51)

Birth:	2nd February, 1979
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Arranger, Lyricist, Producer, Singer

About

Mayer Hawthorne is an American singer, producer, songwriter, arranger, audio engineer, DJ, rapper and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles, California. "Mayer Hawthorne and The County" is a name Cohen often uses when performing or recording as Mayer Hawthorne with other artists. In Cohen's words, "The County" is basically anyone who plays an instrument or sings on his album. It is also his band when he performs live. Cohen also performs and records hip hop under the stage name Haircut, sometimes as part of the groups Now On and Athletic Mic League.

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