“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
“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.”
DatingAll Quotes by John Mayer
“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“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“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“Atlanta's my musical home. It really was the place where I really came alive.”
Home“Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.”
Failure“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“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 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“Have you ever loved somebody, loved her completely, but had to end the relationship for life reasons?”
Relationship“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“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“There's a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical.”
Music“I'm a good music provider, and I'm fine with that. I'm a quality music manufacturer.”
Music“It's almost charity work, what people have done, turning other people on to my music.”
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“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.”
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