America is tough for rock music. Rock n' roll used to be the main music for the youth, and it's not so much anymore. It's hip-hop and... →
Taylor Hawkins
I don't take breaks, man. In the past, I used to spend my free time getting in trouble, and now I spend it working on my music. If I'm not... →
I've worked hard, but this business can be tough, and I just consider myself incredibly lucky to have had the career that I have, and to still be... →
Rock will never be dead for me. Do I like a lot of what I hear on rock music radio? No, not for the most part. I'm not a fan of the regurgitated... →
My intentions with any of my music is to keep it futuristic and updated and be experimental and try new things.
Mayer Hawthorne
I was really fortunate growing up to have a broad musical education. My parents listened to all kinds of music, rock, soul, Motown, jazz, Frank... →
Gary Numan had a huge influence on both my music and my style. He had his own unique fashion sense - that futuristic space style. It was out there.
I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper.
I really love rap music. I grew up in the '80s and '90s with Public Enemy, N.W.A., LL Cool J - I'm a hip-hop encyclopedia. But I got kind... →
I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs.