You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy.
John MayerRead
I'm trying everything I can not to be jaded 'cause I don't like jaded musicians.
Interpretation
This quote expresses a desire to maintain freshness and authenticity in artistry, avoiding a cynical outlook.
John Mayer articulates a struggle against becoming jaded, particularly as a musician, emphasizing the importance of staying passionate and sincere in oneβs craft. By recognizing the pitfalls of cynicism, he highlights his commitment to genuine expression and the avoidance of bitterness that can taint creativity.
In practice
This quote can be used during a music workshop to inspire musicians to keep their passion alive.
You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy.
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 say, "No I'm happy for you"? Thats when it's really sad.
In the quest to be clever, I completely forgot about the people that I love and that love me.
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.
It's very liberating when you finally realize it's impossible to make everyone like you.
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.
I was around nine when a babysitter snuck 'Who's Next' onto the turntable. The parents were gone. The windows shook. The shelves were rattling. Rock & roll. That began an exploration into music that had soul, rebellion, aggression, affection.
Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.
Why should the devil have all the best tunes?
I only knew classical music, which to me was the only true music. The only way I could survive at the bar was to mix the classical music with popular songs, and that meant I had to sing. What happened was that I discovered I had a voice plus the talent to mix classical music together with more popular songs, which at the time I detested.
One thing that sticks in my mind is that jazz means freedom and openness. It's a music that, although it developed out of the African American experience, speaks more about the human experience than the experience of a particular people.
Hip-hop kind of absorbed rock in terms of the attitude and the whole point of why rock was important music. Young people felt like rock music was theirs, from Elvis to the Beatles to the Ramones to Nirvana. This was theirs; it wasn't their parents'. I think hip-hop became the musical style that embraces that mentality.
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