“Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.”
Failure
“Have you ever loved somebody, loved her completely, but had to end the relationship for life reasons?”
RelationshipAll Quotes by John Mayer
“Hopefully people can see my music is tethered to my brain.”
Music“I've never done anything because I thought it would look cool.”
Cool“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“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“Look, demanding somebody do anything in this day and age is not going to fly.”
Age“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“It's so interesting how success hits people and how they react to it.”
Success“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“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“What I've learned in my life, it's a very interesting social study for me, to go back and forth between being the guy at home and being the guy on the road and being the guy in studio and being the guy in the interview. The environment around you has so much to do with your character, and when I'm home, my character really changes quite a bit.”
Home“I was very successful from a very early age, and I want to keep it.”
Age“It's almost charity work, what people have done, turning other people on to my music.”
Music“I hope that what it comes down to at the end of the day is that people believe that I believe what I'm singing. It comes down to being believable. You don't have to be likeable generally, though, I think I am.”
Hope“Have you ever loved somebody, loved her completely, but had to end the relationship for life reasons?”
Relationship“I'm a good music provider, and I'm fine with that. I'm a quality music manufacturer.”
Music“I scientifically engineer my music to be as accessible as possible.”
Music“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“You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy.”
Age“Atlanta's my musical home. It really was the place where I really came alive.”
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