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“Someday, everything will make perfect sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, be strong and keep reminding your self that everything happens for a reason.”

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“If you had started doing anything two weeks ago, by today you would have been two weeks better at it.”

John Mayer

“Whenever they say it can’t be done, remind them that they make a jellybean that tastes exactly like popcorn.”

John Mayer

“How dare you say it's nothing to me?
Baby, you're the only light I ever saw.”

John Mayer

Source: Continuum: Music by John Mayer

“So scared of getting older, I'm only good at being young.”

John Mayer

“High School is like a spork: it's a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it's just plain useless.”

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John Mayer Quotes about heart

“Half of my heart's got a real good imagination, half of my heart's got you… Half of my hearts got a right mind to tell you that half of my heart won't do.”

John Mayer

Half of My Heart
Song lyrics, Battle Studies (2009)
Source: John Mayer - Battle Studies
Context: I was born in the arms of imaginary friends,
Free to roam, made a home out of everywhere I've been.
Then you come crashing in, like the realest thing,
Trying my best to understand all that your love can bring.Oh half of my heart's got a grip on the situation;
Half of my heart takes time.
Half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you
That I can't keep loving you (can't keep loving you)
Oh, with half of my heart.

“Tore up my heart and shut it down. Nothing to do, nowhere to be. A simple little kind of free. Nothing to do, no one but me, and that's all I need. I'm perfectly lonely.”

John Mayer

Source: John Mayer - Battle Studies

“It was so frightening at the time to be seventeen and have heart monitors hooked up to you. That was the moment the songwriter in me was born. I discovered a whole other side of me. I came home that night and started writing lyrics. I discovered it all at once: It was like opening up a lockbox, and inside was a depth that I didn't even know I had as a person, or a writer — incredible creativity and vision and neurosis, complete neurosis. They all go together in a package.”

John Mayer

On the effects of having a critical cardiac arrhythmia at age 17
Hiatt, Brian (2006-09-21), "My Big Mouth Strikes Again" http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/11515443/john_mayer_speaks_listen_to_his_hilarious_takes_on_paris_hilton_brad__angelina_living_in_ny. Rolling Stone. (1009): 66-70

“I was smart enough to know it would probably make me a salable item for the paparazzi. I knew I’d have to move to a home that had a gate. But that pearl of possibility that lives in your heart when you meet somebody you want to know more about has such a different molecular density than everything else that you have to pursue it.”

John Mayer

On deciding to date Jennifer Aniston
(February 10, 2010), "John Mayer: Playboy Interview" http://www.playboy.com/articles/john-mayer-playboy-interview/index.html?page=1 Playboy. Retrieved February 10, 2010.

“Did you know that you could be wrong
And swear you’re right?
Some people been known to do it
All their lives.
But you find yourself alone
Just like you found yourself before.
Like I found myself in pieces
On the hotel floor.
Hard times help me see.I’m a good man with a good heart;
Had a tough time, got a rough start.
But I finally learned to let it go,
Now I’m right here, and I’m right now.
And I’m hoping, knowing somehow
That my shadow days are over.
My shadow days are over now.”

John Mayer

Shadow Days
Song lyrics, Born and Raised (2012)

“Have no fear for giving in,
Have no fear for giving over.
You'd better know that in the end
It's better to say too much
Than never say what you need to say again.Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken,
Even as the eyes are closing,
Do it with a heart wide open.”

John Mayer

Say
Song lyrics, From the film The Bucket List (2007)

John Mayer Quotes about love

“This is not to say, there never comes a day I'll take my chances and start again. And when I look behind on all my younger times, I'll have to thank the wrongs that led me to a love so strong.”

John Mayer

Source: John Mayer - Battle Studies

“I love you more than songs can say, but I can't keep running after yesterday…”

John Mayer

Source: John Mayer - Battle Studies

“Oh, you can't make yourself stop dreaming
Who you're dreaming of.
If it's who you love,
Then it's who you love.”

John Mayer

Who You Love, written by Jihn Mayer and Katy Perry
Song lyrics, Paradise Valley (2013)

“I love the Grammy nominations this year. Anybody who really loves what they do got rewarded for it. It's not a death match between Ray Charles and Jessica Simpson.”

John Mayer

No byline (2004-12-20), "John Mayer". Newsweek. 144 (25):71

“You be the DJ, I'll be the driver,
You put your feet up in the getaway car.
I'm flying fast like a, a wanted man.
I want you, baby, like you can't understand.Oh, love on the weekend,
Love on the weekend.
We found a message in a bottle we were drinking.”

John Mayer

Love on the Weekend
Song lyrics, The Search for Everything (2017)

“Something about the way your hair falls in your face
I love the shape you take when crawling towards the pillowcase
You tell me where to go and
Though I might leave to find it,
I'll never let your head hit the bed
Without my hand behind it.And if you want love,
We'll make it.
Swim in a deep sea
Of blankets.
Take all your big plans
And break them,
This is bound to be a while.”

John Mayer

Your Body Is a Wonderland
Song lyrics, Room for Squares (2001)

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“So scared of getting older
I'm only good at being young
So I play the numbers game to find a way to say that life has just begun.”

John Mayer

Source: Continuum: Music by John Mayer

Life , Way , Game

“Everybody is a stranger, but that's the danger in going my own way.”

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Source: John Mayer: Battle Studies

Way

“Fear is a friend who's misunderstood”

John Mayer

Source: Continuum: Music by John Mayer

Fear

John Mayer Quotes

“I'm a mess of unfinished thoughts.”

John Mayer

“The saddest kind of sad is the sad that tries not to be sad. You know, when Sad tries to bite its lip and not cry and smile and go, "No, I'm happy for you?"”

John Mayer

That's when it's really sad.
Rolling Stone magazine/iTunes podcast (December 2005)
On the "chin-up sad" tone of one of his new songs on his upcoming album "Continuum"

Sadness , Smile , Cry , Happiness

“By the time I recognize this moment, this moment will be gone…
But I will bend the light, pretend that it somehow lingered on”

John Mayer

Source: John Mayer: Heavier Things

Light , Time

“You know I used to be the back porch poet with my book of lines, always hoping knowing all the time, I'm probably never gonna find the perfect rhyme… For heavier things”

John Mayer

Books , Hope , Time , Perfection

“You gotta be able to explain things to yourself when the lights go off and you get in the bed. You gotta deal with you at the end of the day.”

John Mayer

Light

“Gravity is working against me,
And gravity wants to bring me down.Oh, twice as much ain't twice as good
And can't sustain like one half could.
It's wanting more that's gonna send me to my knees.”

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Gravity
Song lyrics, Continuum (2006)

“I am driving up '85 in the
Kind of morning that lasts all afternoon,
Just stuck inside the gloom.
4 more exits to my apartment but
I am tempted to keep the car in drive
And leave it all behind.Because I wonder sometimes
About the outcome
Of a still verdictless life.”

John Mayer

Why Georgia
Song lyrics, Room for Squares (2001)

Life , Cars

“It wasn’t as direct as me saying “I now make the choice to bring the paparazzi into my life.” I really said, “I now make the choice to sleep with Jessica Simpson.” That was stronger than my desire to stay out of the paparazzi’s eye.”

John Mayer

On deciding to date Jessica Simpson
(February 10, 2010), "John Mayer: Playboy Interview" http://www.playboy.com/articles/john-mayer-playboy-interview/index.html?page=1 Playboy. Retrieved February 10, 2010.

Life , Sleep

“If I had done things differently, I'd probably have the paparazzi waiting around for me. At the studio where I've been recording, Jessica Simpson is working there, too. The paparazzi are outside waiting for her to come out. That's the result of her decisions. My decisions have led me to the point that when I walk out in front of the paparazzi, I'm considered a waste of film.”

John Mayer

How he shows self-restraint with his fame
Small, Mark (2005). "John Mayer '98: Running with the Big Dogs" http://www.berklee.edu/bt/172/coverstory.html Berlee.edu (accessed February 11, 2010)

Decision , Waiting

“Songs can be Trojan horses, taking charged ideas and sneaking past the ego's defenses and into the open mind.”

John Mayer

Esquire magazine (November 1, 2004)

Idea , Past , Horse

“Lightning strikes
Inside my chest to keep me up at night.
Dream of ways
To make you understand my pain.”

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Heartbreak Warfare
Song lyrics, Battle Studies (2009)

Pain , Dreams , Way , Understanding

“I find myself in situations that I know would be unbelievable pictures and I have to gauge, Is this worth taking the camera out? Am I gonna lose the moment? Am I gonna get a dirty look from Sting?”

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On the split-hair decisions of photography
Ellwood, Mark (2007). "Nikon Podcast #3: Exclusive Interview with John Mayer" http://press.nikonusa.com/2007/09/nikon_podcast_3_exclusive_inte.php ( listen http://press.nikonusa.com/podcasts/Nikon_John_Mayer_Podcast_3.mp3) NikonUSA.com. Retrieved September 10, 2007

Gauge

“"Welcome to the real world", she said to me
Condescendingly.
Take a seat,
Take your life
Plot it out in black and white.
Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens.
I'd like to think the best of me
Is still hiding
Up my sleeve.They love to tell you:
Stay inside the lines,
But something's better
On the other side.”

John Mayer

No Such Thing, written by John Mayer and Clay Cook
Song lyrics, Room for Squares (2001)

Love , Life , World , Dreams

“Absolutely, because during sex, I’m just going to run a filmstrip. I’m still masturbating.”

John Mayer

In answer to the question, "Masturbation for you is as good as sex?"
The Playboy interview (2010)

Sex

“When you’re dreaming with a broken heart,
The waking up is the hardest part.”

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Dreaming with a Broken Heart
Song lyrics, Continuum (2006)

Dreams , Heart , Parting

“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.”

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On why he has no plans to go into acting any time soon
AP (2006). "John Mayer looks for magic, sneakers" http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/20/qa.johnmayer.ap/ CNN.com (accessed September 22, 2006)

Time

“Sexually it was crazy. That’s all I’ll say. It was like napalm, sexual napalm.”

John Mayer

In answer to the question, "You were addicted to Jessica Simpson?"
The Playboy interview (2010)

“I went to my library, right? And I started to research the Bill of Rights and I did not technically find anything that said all Americans shall eat shrimp with whoever they like, but I found some things that are close enough to infer that I am within my legal rights to enjoy seafood with whomever I choose.”

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On being questioned about having a meal with Jessica Simpson in November 2006
2006). "John Mayer Speaks About Eating With Jessica" http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah2793.shtml AccessHollywood.com (accessed January 11, 2007

“There's a real self-serving element to hip-hop that threatens its life span.”

John Mayer

AIM Celebrity Interview http://music.aol.com/artists/aim_celebrity_interview/john_mayer (November 2005)

Life

“I am not in Us Weekly. I'd have to be going out with someone who is in there to be in there myself.”

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The (now ironic) quote on how he shows self-restraint with his fame
Small, Mark (2005). "John Mayer '98: Running with the Big Dogs" http://www.berklee.edu/bt/172/coverstory.html Berlee.edu (accessed February 22, 2007)

“The first thing I said was a question: Does this really come from the family? I think that was essential to me sort of processing the honor. And when I found out that, in fact, it had, it took me about 48 hours to sort of strike the balance in how I was going to approach being -- you know, being invited to this unbelievable event without actually having the proximity to Michael Jackson personally. I'd never met him.”

John Mayer

Mayer on performeing Human Nature at Michael Jackson's Memorial service
"Episode title unknown". Larry King Live. July 7, 2009. No. unknown, season 24.

Family , Question , Thinking , Personality

“Everybody enjoys arguing about the current state of music because it feels as if you are talking about something incredibly important, yet it requires little understanding of the subject matter at hand. It's like world politics meets the pink questions in Trivial Pursuit. Points are made but nothing gets accomplished.”

John Mayer

Esquire, in the column "The Resident Rock Star: JOHN MAYER" http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/Esquire/2004/07/01/484084?from=search&criteria=john+mayer (July 1, 2004)

World , Music , Feeling , Understanding

“I know if it was the Time 99, I would've been off the list.”

John Mayer

On making the 2007 TIME 100
Graff, Gary (July 2, 2007). "Summer tour is hardly work for now laid-back heartthrob" http://www.sunjournal.com/story/219261-3/Entertainment/Summer_tour_is_hardly_work_for_now_laidback_heartthrob/ (accessed July 2, 2007)

Time

“Belief is a beautiful armor
But makes for the heaviest sword.
Like punching underwater,
You never can hit who you're trying for.
Some need the exhibition
And some have to know they tried,
It's the chemical weapon for the war that's ragin' on inside.”

John Mayer

Belief
Song lyrics, Continuum (2006)

War , Beauty

“I never worked with T. I. Here's the back story to that Wikipedia nugget: I was a guest on TRL and happened to get my hands on the list of goofy, un Andrew-Miller-like questions I was going to be asked before I walked on set. One of the questions was "Who do you like more, T. I. or [I forgot the other southern rap artist]?" So I snuck to the bathroom and searched "T. I." on my Blackberry. I memorized as much information as I could and then announced that we were working together.”

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On how rumors got started that he was working with rapper T.I. (and how they made it to Wikipedia).
Mayer, John (2007). "10 ANSWERS FOR ANDREW MILLER" http://www.johnmayer.com/blog#274 JohnMayer.com (accessed January 25, 2007)

Search , Question

“Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war,
They would have never missed a Christmas,
No more ribbons on their door.
And when you trust your television,
What you get is what you got.
Because when they own the information, oh
They can bend it all they want.”

John Mayer

Waiting on the World to Change
Song lyrics, Continuum (2006)

War , Home , Christmas

“Sheryl's heroes are in black and white photos, and so are mine.”

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Mayer on why he agreed to tour with Sheryl Crow, despite the fact that he considers her more established and successful
Mervis, Scott (2006). "Music Preview: John Mayer takes strides with new record" http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06236/715835-42.stm Post-Gazette.com (accessed August 23, 2006)

Photo

“I know a girl;
She puts the color inside of my world.
But she's just like a maze
Where all of the walls all continually change.
And I've done all I can
To stand on her steps with my heart in my hands.
Now I'm starting to see
Maybe it's got nothing to do with me.Fathers, be good to your daughters,
Daughters will love like you do.
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers,
So mothers, be good to your daughters too.”

John Mayer

Daughters
Song lyrics, Heavier Things (2003)

Love , World , Color , Girl

“Sometimes it feels like my life is just one long day.”

John Mayer

On rediscovering his huge collection of Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan posters he had as a teenager
Mayer, John (October 4, 2007). "Proof" http://blog.honeyee.com/john/archives/2006/10/04/index.html Honeyee.com. Retrieved September 4, 2007

Life , Feeling

“Yes, I'm grounded, got my wings clipped,
I'm surrounded by all this pavement.
Guess I'll circle while I'm waiting
For my fuse to dry.Someday I'll fly, someday I'll soar,
Someday I'll be so damn much more.
Cause I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for.”

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Bigger Than My Body
Song lyrics, Heavier Things (2003)

Waiting , Flying

“I want to run through the halls of my high school,
I want to scream at the
Top of my lungs.
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world,
Just a lie you've got to rise above.”

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No Such Thing
Song lyrics, Room for Squares (2001)

Lie , World , School

“Who says I can’t be free?
From all of the things that I used to be.
Re-write my history.
Who says I can’t be free?”

John Mayer

Who Says
Song lyrics, Battle Studies (2009)

History

“Me and all my friends
We're all misunderstood.
They say we stand for nothing and
There's no way we ever could.
Now we see everything that's going wrong
With the world and those who lead it.
We just feel like we don't have the means
To rise above and beat it.So we keep waiting,
Waiting on the world to change.
We keep on waiting,
Waiting on the world to change.
It's hard to beat the system
When we're standing at a distance.
So we keep waiting,
Waiting on the world to change.”

John Mayer

Waiting on the World to Change
Song lyrics, Continuum (2006)

World , Way , Feeling , Change

“I won't ever get on stage at a comedy club when people know about it.”

John Mayer

John at his MySpace blog
2006). "John Mayer, Stand Up Comedian?" http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/cc_insider/2006/06/john_mayer_stan.html Comedy Central Insider (accessed August 15, 2006

People

“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. I become very domesticated, it becomes riding my bike, and the music thing — the music thing doesn't leave but it's kind of less put upon me by other people as a musician.”

John Mayer

On whether or not he misses being home with friends and family when he is on tour.
Savino, Jessi, et al (2007) "John Mayer talks life on the road, latest album" http://media.www.nu-news.com/media/storage/paper600/news/2007/02/14/TheInside/John-Mayer.Talks.Life.On.The.Road.Latest.Album-2718892.shtml NU-News.com (accessed February 14, 2007)

Life , People , Music , Guy

“Goodbye cold, goodbye rain,
Goodbye sorrow, and goodbye shame.I'm headed out west with my headphones on,
Boarded a flight with a song in the back of my soul
And no one knows
I just found out her ghost left town
The queen of California is stepping down, down.”

John Mayer

Queen of California
Song lyrics, Born and Raised (2012)

Soul

“Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.”

John Mayer

From his essay on Jimi Hendrix for Rolling Stone 946
Mayer, John (2004). "Jimi Hendrix" http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939209/6_jimi_hendrix RollingStone.com (accessed March 21, 2007)

Failure

“I was astonished at how well he played live. I had no idea he was that good.”

John Mayer

Eric Clapton, on seeing Mayer perform at the Crossroads Music Festival in 2004. (2005) ( From Cleaveland.com http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/friday/1128072649185000.xml&coll=2)

Idea

“Neither punk nor prom king, Mayer was a tall kid from Connecticut, driving on the freeways, chasing slippery techno women, inhabiting a world of parents and slipcovers and holidays and gracious Southeastern metropolises; he was smart, inquisitive, articulate, a touch off in places.”

John Mayer

Hunter, James (2003-10-02), "Corduroy Boy" http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/300650/johnmayer?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple1. Rolling Stone. (932):116 Retrieved October 2, 2003

World , Holiday , Parent , Women

“I don’t think I open myself to it. My dick is sort of like a white supremacist. I’ve got a Benetton heart and a fuckin’ David Duke cock. I’m going to start dating separately from my dick.”

John Mayer

In answer to the question, "Do black women throw themselves at you?"
The Playboy interview (2010)

Thinking , Heart