“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.”
Fear
“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.'”
DreamsAll Quotes by John Mayer
“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.”
Learning“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“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“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“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“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.”
Home“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'm a good music provider, and I'm fine with that. I'm a quality music manufacturer.”
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“I scientifically engineer my music to be as accessible as possible.”
Music“I've never done anything because I thought it would look cool.”
Cool“It's so interesting how success hits people and how they react to it.”
Success“There's a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical.”
Music“Hopefully people can see my music is tethered to my brain.”
Music“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.”
Learning“There are people in the world who have the power to change our values.”
Change“Look, demanding somebody do anything in this day and age is not going to fly.”
Age“Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.”
Failure