Quotes from John Mayer

Some of us, we're hardly ever here The rest of us, we're born to disappear How do I stop myself from Being just a number? How will I hold my head To keep from going under?

They read all the books but they can't find the answers.

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

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

And it's hard for me to take a stand When I would take her anyway I can.

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

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.

The night I was recognized for 'Daughters' at the Grammys was the night this record started. I knew I had bought the time to learn everything I needed before I started this one. 'Continuum' is not a shot in the dark, it's not a guesstimation.

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.

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

Half of my heart's got a grip on the situation, half of my heart takes time.

If you never stop when you wave goodbye you just might find, if you give it time, you will wave hello again.

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.

Sometimes I wish that I was a bong hit, you'd let me in and you would love every minute.

Pain throws your heart to the ground Love turns the whole thing around Fear is a friend who's misunderstood But I know the heart of life is good

I just wish they'd put a new word in the dictionary bigger than love because love just doesn't describe what I feel.

My hits are not hits.

Hopefully people can see my music is tethered to my brain.

Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing.

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.

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

I really don't want to be a hunk.

I'm not an icon. Not even in America.