Mayer Hawthorne Quotes

I first got interested in DJing when I was a little kid. I just love music... Music's my passion; it's always been my whole life.

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

I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.

When I started DJ'ing, it was no big thing. There was no money in DJ'ing, and you did it purely for the love of playing music.

Me and my little cousin DJ John John, we used to always be DJing in the house. We never took it seriously.

I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me.

I certainly considered DJing. I bought four vinyls, and I bought some turntables, and I was like, 'Um. Yeah. I'm not gonna do this. This is not my thing.'

DJing is one of my hobbies.

I've been DJing since I was in high school.

I started DJing when I was, like, 11.

I love deejaying, of course; that's where my heart and my passion is.

DJing is really, really pleasant. It's like having people over and making hors d'oeuvres.

When I DJ, I got my own catalog to play in the club. I'm spinning my own records like it's my own show.

Someone pays me a hundred bucks every Tuesday to DJ. I don't think I'll ever give that up.

DJing is an art that I have the utmost respect for, and I've been practising it since I was 17 years old. Doing Tom Cruise wedding-type things becomes the focal point of every interview, and you realize that you have to cut it out if you don't want to be answering questions about that.

People book me because of the songs I write, not because of the sets that I play, per se... I'm sure I'm going to be moving to a laptop really soon, but I was one of the last guys to let the vinyl go. I was crying. In my room, I still have thousands of records. I still pull them out and play them all the time.

I'd like to expand on doing what I love and venture out a bit more. I would like to play consistantly good music. Eventually someday I would like to open up a school and teach kids about music.

My father was my first inspiration. He had an incredible stereo and a turntable, and I was told not to touch it. But I'd go back and touch it anyway. I gained a respect for the turntables when I was a kid. When I was a teenager, I came up with a 'cueing system' to work the turntables because they didn't have it at that time.

I knew there was a way to blend records together, but I didn't know how to. This was haunting me when I was in my teens. In my frustration, I decided to start experimenting with electronics. I tested the torque factor on different turntables. I had to figure needles out. See, there are two kinds, elliptical and conical.

I prefer to unwind by DJing. I learned that from Mike D from the Beastie Boys. After a show, he would DJ. Once I saw that, I wanted to do that. And now DJing is like my lifeline. I love the power it represents.

I DJ'd for years. I DJ'd in high school, and I think my parents thought it was a passing thing. And then when I was in my second year of college, I was like, 'Yeah, you guys don't need to send me money anymore. My DJ gigs are good enough. I'm selling music; I think I'm gonna have a record deal. I can pay my tuition.'

The DJ role, it's never been a big thing for me.

I'm always getting sent new stuff, so I have to incorporate digital equipment into my sets, but I try to play vinyl as much as possible. It's just the best-sounding format still. And I've been using vinyl since I started deejaying, for over 15 years, so it also just feels the most natural for me.

I never stopped DJing through the entire 'Game of Thrones' process. I never saw the need to stop because I do love it so much.

Once I retire, I would definitely love to be a DJ. That would be fun.