I'm trying to just drop so much music that people cannot ignore it.

Barry White is my musical hero. He was the guy who you danced to in the club and then when you took your lady home to the bedroom, you listened to him there, too! That's who I always wanted to be - the guy who was always there.

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'm trying to just drop so much music that people cannot ignore it.

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 love doing things that people don't expect.

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.