A biography for John Mayerhasn’t been written yet.
“People want to see musicians sing things that come from their own mind and own heart in real time, responding to the moment for them.”
“In the quest to be clever, I completely forgot about the people that I love and that love me.”
“I love being the center of attention.”
“I'm not deluded enough to think that everyone who knows my name is a listener. You know, I hope that part of that interest - part of that public interest - has to do with me still making records that people like.”
“How dare you say it's nothing to me?Baby, you're the only light I ever saw.”
“I hate being the heartbreaker. Hate it. If I date somebody and it doesn't work out, it's another nightmare for me.”
“A man's got two shots for jewelry: a wedding ring and a watch. The watch is a lot easier to get on and off than a wedding ring.”
“If you get half a million, at a certain stage you probably will get 4 million people, if they are able to hear it. The touring thing is unbelievable. It really is amazing from what we did the last tour even to what we are doing now.”
“I've figured out my learning curve. I can look at something and somehow know exactly how long it will take for me to learn it.”
“Trying to impress my mother with words was one of my favourite pursuits.”
“Sometimes I get so bold and I'm so confident about what I'm doing that I actually try to be more of a dork because it's a really liberating feeling to experience what it's like to not care.”
“Sometimes I wish that I was the weather, you'd bring me up in conversation forever. And when it rained, I'd be the talk of the day.”
“There's so many inspiring people out there.”
“High School is like a spork: it's a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it's just plain useless.”
“I'm the only person I know who's got a bunch of money.”
“They say stay in the lines, but there's always something better on the other side.”
“I like giving people something they don't want to miss the next time. It's a show with little twists and turns and curves. It has me being silly and stupid and compassionate and completely deep.”
“I may have taken someone through the wringer psychologically, but I've never been sinister.”
“Every song I put on a record could be a single and I just pack my bags for it... and the minute it takes off, I'm not gonna be home for a while.”
“I was very successful from a very early age, and I want to keep it.”