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)
MTV.com Jack Talks About His Addiction and Recovery
From The Total Library by Jorge Luis Borges, 1999
Other
"Clapton: The Autobiography"
Quoted by Jan Lundius, in Does WFP Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?, Inter Press Service News Agency, (December 2020)
“If I had known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself!”
“I'd rather be nice to someone spoiled than mean to someone who really could use a hand.”
"Doing Good — for the right reasons!" (13 March 2008)
Context: We should not, certainly, punish other people in general because of an apparent lack of gratitude on the part of some. It could be that people are so busy they seem ungrateful — or they actually are thankless! But this is OK — I'd rather be nice to someone spoiled than mean to someone who really could use a hand.
“I'd like to be remembered as someone who kept the comic novel going for another generation or so.”
"Off the Page: Martin Amis" (2003)
Context: I'd like to be remembered as someone who kept the comic novel going for another generation or so. I fear the comic novel is in retreat. A joke is by definition politically incorrect — it assumes a butt, and a certain superiority in the teller. The culture won't put up with that for much longer.
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Song lyrics, Caribou (1974)
