A biography for John Mayerhasn’t been written yet.
“Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.”
“You cannot avoid war in life, you cannot avoid the fear of terrorism, you cannot avoid those things now, they are a part of everyday demeanor.”
“I'm a good music provider, and I'm fine with that. I'm a quality music manufacturer.”
“There are people in the world who have the power to change our values.”
“No matter what I do, I'm going to earn it.”
“I don't write songs in order to stick it to my exes. I don't release underground dis tracks.”
“I don't have anybody telling me what to do.”
“Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you're really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-color box, though I've got a few missing.”
“I need some kind of emotional stake in it to write my lyrics, assuming that place. It might just be an emotion I understand but am not currently experiencing necessarily.”
“It's very liberating when you finally realize it's impossible to make everyone like you.”
“I can't even explain to you how terrible that feels, that I equate dating a woman with punishment, shame, guilt, disappointment, reproach, reprimand, persecution. It's a nightmare.”
“I've learned to appreciate everything that has been given to me.”
“I'm getting to a point where everything is becoming streamlined in my life. I'm learning how to stand onstage for two hours and play in front of thousands of people as if I am completely in the moment every moment.”
“I wanted everybody to like me. I thought I was one shuck and jive away in every direction.”
“I'm not an icon. Not even in America.”
“You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy.”
“I've never been a bad boy.”
“Look, demanding somebody do anything in this day and age is not going to fly.”
“I look away at car crashes, and I know people who look away at car crashes, because it makes us uncomfortable to watch other people in pain.”
“I quit the media game. I'm out. I'm done.”