John Mayer

I don't have anybody telling me what to do.

I have the obsessiveness of someone who's a sober, recovering addict displacing his addiction. Except I never had the addiction.

No matter what I do, I'm going to earn it.

If you told me I was going to live to 240, I would take 10 years off and try and act. I don't have that kind of time, so I'd much rather stick to playing guitar.

When you do an interview with me, you're talking to a cheap imitation of the person that I really am. There's no magic in my words, it's just me talking.

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.

I lost my head for a little while.

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

There's so many inspiring people out there.

I just like collaborating.

I'm trying everything I can not to be jaded 'cause I don't like jaded musicians.

Atlanta's my musical home. It really was the place where I really came alive.

I really don't want to be a hunk.

I'd like to think the best of me was still hiding up in my sleeve.

I feel my shows are like a late-night talk show that we settle down and do every night.

People want to see musicians sing things that come from their own mind and own heart in real time, responding to the moment for them.

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

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.

I'm not as surprised in going from playing 1,000 seats to 4,000 seats as I was from 100 to 500 seats.

All I want a song to do is just to kind of present an idea.