John Mayer

John Mayer

29 quotes

American musician John Mayer (b. 1977) remains a towering presence in the world of memorable quotations. Their thinking spans from Music to Home, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Discover 34 of John Mayer's most memorable quotes, ranging across Music, Home, Age, Learning, and Fear. As John Mayer put it: "It's almost charity work, what people have done, turning other people on to my music."

“There's a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical.”

— John Mayer

Music

All Quotes by John Mayer

“Hopefully people can see my music is tethered to my brain.”

— John Mayer

Music

“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.”

— John Mayer

Fear

“There are people in the world who have the power to change our values.”

— John Mayer

Change

“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.”

— John Mayer

Dating

“You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy.”

— John Mayer

Age

“Have you ever loved somebody, loved her completely, but had to end the relationship for life reasons?”

— John Mayer

Relationship

“Look, demanding somebody do anything in this day and age is not going to fly.”

— John Mayer

Age

“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.”

— John Mayer

Car

“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.”

— John Mayer

Good

“There's a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical.”

— John Mayer

Music

“It's almost charity work, what people have done, turning other people on to my music.”

— John Mayer

Music

“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.”

— John Mayer

Amazing

“I'm a good music provider, and I'm fine with that. I'm a quality music manufacturer.”

— John Mayer

Music

“It's so interesting how success hits people and how they react to it.”

— John Mayer

Success

“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.”

— John Mayer

Wedding

“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.”

— John Mayer

Hope

“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.”

— John Mayer

Learning

“I was very successful from a very early age, and I want to keep it.”

— John Mayer

Age

“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.”

— John Mayer

Learning

“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.”

— John Mayer

Famous