Mayer Hawthorne Quotes

I collect records pretty assiduously, so I've got, like, a massive record collection. I still DJ.

I buy records - vinyl. I have a record player at home.

I like records. My favorite is Simon and Garfunkel.

Both of my parents were super music lovers when I was growing up - they had a massive record and tape collection. I think my dad even had a couple of laser discs, but that was a short-lived thing.

I still love records, and I've been fortunate that my parents bought me a record player so I didn't just have my vinyls to stare at!

My father had one of the biggest vinyl collections I've ever seen.

One of my favorite things to do is sit around and listen to old records... You're forced to listen to the whole thing. And it's so cool digging through the bins trying to find them. I get giddy about records.

My dad has a huge vinyl collection downstairs, but I was never too interested. The only CD I had was by Adam Sandler.

I didn't really buy LPs or go to concerts.

I have lots of records, quite a collection, actually, that I stole from my mom. I have the original 'Thriller' album and I have a really great 'Elton John's Greatest Hits,' and I also have a N.E.R.D. album. Records sound more original. They have more edge.

I used to carry a bag of records down to my friend's house every Friday, and we'd sit down and play all the records I loved, and we'd look at the album covers.

My mother and father are very involved with music. It's completely part of their soul. They have an incredible record collection, all vinyl, of some of the best artists, in my eyes, that you can come across.

Putting a needle on a record is almost like you're making a commitment to listening to something.

My mom had early rap records, like Jimmy Spicer. In the middle of the records was a turntable and a receiver - I used to scratch records on it - and on top was a reel-to-reel. In front of that wall were more stacks of records. It was either Mom's record or Pop's record, and they had their names on each and every one.

If I opened a record store, it wouldn't be all punk rock and esoterica.

I got a lot of vinyl, a lot of music in general in the house.

I'm an audiophile and have been collecting records for as long as I can remember.

My brother gave me my first records when I was about 3 or 4 years old, because he bought a lot of records. And he was very nice because he gave me the records he thought I'd like more.

My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.

I'm admittedly a record guy. Singles and I are a different beast. I'm definitely an overall picture thinker.

I used to work in a record store. I'm kind of a record nerd.

My parents were music lovers and collectors. It was around.

One thing that did get me into a lot of different types of music was when I was very young, the local record store went out of business and they were selling off all the vinyl. I remember going in - I was probably 16 or 17 and I'd just gotten a record player as a present. It was like hitting the jackpot: all these records for $3 apiece.

I didn't have a record player.

I'm a collecting maniac and I buy a lot of books and records. I have over thousand cds.