“I'm willing to make compromises based on someone I think is the one, but I think it's psychologically important to people when they're famous to be the only famous person they know.”
Famous
“Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going to happen in my lifetime.”
MusicAll Quotes by John Mayer
“Hopefully people can see my music is tethered to my brain.”
Music“I was very successful from a very early age, and I want to keep it.”
Age“Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.”
Failure“Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going to happen in my lifetime.”
Music“Ladies, if you want to know the way to my heart... good spelling and good grammar, good punctuation, capitalize only where you are supposed to capitalize, it's done.”
Good“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.”
Amazing“There are people in the world who have the power to change our values.”
Change“Atlanta's my musical home. It really was the place where I really came alive.”
Home“I scientifically engineer my music to be as accessible as possible.”
Music“You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy.”
Age“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.”
Home“It's so interesting how success hits people and how they react to it.”
Success“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.”
Experience“There's a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical.”
Music“My fear is that I go up to the girl of my dreams and say 'I'm sorry, but I've got to say hello to you,' and she slides the stool back and gets up and walks away, saying, 'Not for me, Bub. I don't want anything to do with you.'”
Dreams“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.”
Dating“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.”
Wedding“It's almost charity work, what people have done, turning other people on to my music.”
Music“Look, demanding somebody do anything in this day and age is not going to fly.”
Age