Mayer Hawthorne Quotes

If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good.

My drummer, Gene Lake, is Oliver Lake's son. So I certainly have wide tastes, in not only what I listen to, but what I play as well.

In a studio situation, I'm able to dig deep and come up with stuff that all the guys think fits the vibe of the song. And I think that's partly due to the fact that I grew up listening to just about everything under the sun. I'm very open to music, and I like to do things in a traditional and musical way.

I'm not really comfortable with being on songs with cats I don't really know.

You can scroll through my iTunes and I've got everything. I've got Ace Hood, Alt-J, Annie Lennox, Arctic Monkeys, Beanie Sigel, the Beatles, Beth Hart, Big Sean, Bob Dylan, Bon Iver, Chief Keef, Coldplay, the Flaming Lips, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, OutKast, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Gabriel, the Smiths, and the list goes on from there.

I have the most eclectic music taste out there. I can be listening to an indie pop song just as easily as I could be listening to a Carly Simon song from the '70s to a country song.

When I work with different musicians, I draw a lot of things from them, and that has really expanded my musical thinking.

I'm honestly all over the board. I think if I had to pick one, I'd probably say it's country first, but I listen to literally everything: country, pop, rock, rap.

I'm a music fan first and foremost. I can find the beauty in Jellyfish and U2 just as much as Opeth and Lamb of God, just as much as I can with Rush and Yes.

I can be a traditionalist but also play with Luke Bryan and get the crowd to go crazy. I think that mix is a lot of what has kept me going and kept people fired up about the music.

I'm into literally all types of music man. I love music.

We have always played classical music and always loved dance and pop music.

My thing has always been that the clothing we make is kind of like music. There are always critics that don't understand that young people can be into Bob Dylan but also into the Wu-Tang Clan and Coltrane and Social Distortion.

People always want to romanticize relationships within bands. Most of these relationships are based on music first.

I listen to a variety of music. I like everything from old Arabic music to Portuguese fados.

I grew up with all different genres of music, and I want to include that in my production as well.

I just love music. Every genre of music: country, rock. I originally first loved punk rock. Pop punk. I don't know, just rock in general. And getting to rap. And now K-pop. Different types of music. I love everything.

I enjoy music wherever it's coming from.

I guess I just love all kinds of music.

I'm into a lot of different types of music - pretty much everything from blue grass to jazz to dub step to metal to indie experimental and progressive.

I listen to everything from The Cure and The Clash to Prince and George Clinton.

I love the blues. I love rock. I love classic rock. I love country. All types of music I can appreciate.

I try to listen to as much different music as possible - I've always got music blasting in my ears!

We've incorporated different sounds from different countries and genres, and we've explored widening the range of our music.

My fans love everything. You can find my fans at a Drake show; you'll find my fans at Post Malone all the way to Pink. They just love music in general.