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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.

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

That's one of the most important things to me is that Detroit and Ann Arbor got my back. If you don't have hometown love, then what's the point?

I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper.

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

My intentions with any of my music is to keep it futuristic and updated and be experimental and try new things.

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.

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.

I love doing things that people don't expect.

Music is timeless, so I want to give people shows they'll never forget so that I can do this forever.

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.

Nowhere on earth has more soul than Detroit.

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.

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

I try to make sure that I make music that can stand the test of time.

I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. What's life without a sense of humor?

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

I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs.

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

People will send me tweets or texts, 'Yo, I'm at Red Lobster now and they're playing Mayer Hawthorne,' more of that kind of stuff, which is hilarious.

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

I think that what happens is that all of my modern influences blend together with the older soul influences and you get Mayer Hawthorne.

I never have, but I would love to pick R. Kelly's brain.

I just want to have fun and party with everyone around the world. That's the only rule, to have fun.

It's important that when kids are listening to my music they don't think of it as their parent's music.

I think that Detroiters are some of the most resilient people in the world.