My dad taught me to play bass. Hes a bass player he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught me to play bass when I was about 6. I used to just go to band practice with him, and whoever didnt show up for rehearsal that day, I would take their spot. – Mayer Hawthorne
My dad calls me Mac a lot, from Mike Tysons Punch Out – Little Mac is the main character. I was obsessed. I can still beat Mike Tyson on Punch Out. – Mayer Hawthorne
I shopped at J. Crew in high school, I studied computer science. I was a nerd-nerd, now Im a music-nerd. – 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 Sinatra, everything. – Mayer Hawthorne
I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say, the third times a charm, because my mom and dad adopted me and took me into their home where I was raised in a family full of love. – Rodney Atkins