Mayer Hawthorne Quotes

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

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

I started DJing when I was, like, 11.

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 DJ all the time, as much as I possibly can. I'll never stop. That's my security blanket, that's what I'm good at. I still consider myself a better DJ than a singer. I can DJ in my sleep.

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.

For me it all started with two turntables and a mixer.

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.'

I was the little white kid who rocked the turntables.

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

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.

DJing is one of my hobbies.

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.

I do remember in high school I wanted to be a disc jockey.

I named myself Flash many years ago, as I loved the cartoon. Then my own fans said that I should call myself 'Grandmaster,' because of the way I operate turntables. I put the two together and that was it.

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

I just wanna be a DJ!

I had an apartment on Long Beach Blvd and San Vicente in Long Beach, California. That was the apartment I done 'Regulate' in. I had all my equipment set up in the bedroom, a vocal booth in the bathroom and in the closet, and that's where we created it. I had an MPC 60, a Numark mixer, and a Technics 1200, and a ton of records.

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

I developed the Clock Theory to help me time records; you know, spin the record back two revolutions or whatever and then play the break, spin the other one back two, play, like that.

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.

I begged and begged, and my uncle gave me his old turntables. It was one hi-fi and one old Stereo Lab turntable and a rusty mixer. I was really chuffed. I kept that for five years - that's where I learned to mix.

At the age of 12, I got free pieces of software in a box of cereal which allowed me to make music, like really early demos, and then I just never looked back.