Explore Quotes by John Mayer

I hate being the heartbreaker. Hate it. If I date somebody and it doesn't work out, it's another nightmare for me.

I look away at car crashes, and I know people who look away at car crashes, because it makes us uncomfortable to watch other people in pain.

I get recognized somewhere in between like local meteorologist and national meteorologist.

I believe in blues, and I believe that it's been misrepresented.

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

I'm singing what I want to sing based on the emotion of what that day feels like. That's what comes out of my mouth and guitar. That impacts people. They know anything can happen.

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.

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

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.

I don't write songs in order to stick it to my exes. I don't release underground dis tracks.

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.

Look, demanding somebody do anything in this day and age is not going to fly.

There's a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical.

It's so interesting how success hits people and how they react to it.

They say stay in the lines, but there's always something better on the other side.

I've never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, 'We're full.'

In the quest to be clever, I completely forgot about the people that I love and that love me.

Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going to happen in my lifetime.

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.

I feel strikingly domestic. We're in our own world with two busses and trucks.

Trying to impress my mother with words was one of my favourite pursuits.