329 Quotes by John Mayer

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

I'm not deluded enough to think that everyone who knows my name is a listener. You know, I hope that part of that interest - part of that public interest - has to do with me still making records that people like.

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 like giving people something they don't want to miss the next time. It's a show with little twists and turns and curves. It has me being silly and stupid and compassionate and completely deep.

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.

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

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

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

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.