John Mayer

John Mayer
John Clayton Mayeris an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and raised in nearby Fairfield. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, but disenrolled and moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1997 with Clay Cook. Together, they formed a short-lived, two-man band called Lo-Fi Masters. After their split, Mayer continued to play local clubs—refining his skills and gaining a following. After his appearance at the 2001 South by Southwest Festival, he was signed to...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth16 October 1977
CountryUnited States of America
Welcome to the real world, she said to me. Condescendingly. Take a seat. Take your life. Plot it out in black and white.
It's very liberating when you finally realize it's impossible to make everyone like you.
Numb is the new deep.
Might be a quarter life crisis, just disturbin' in my soul.
There's a real self-serving element to hip-hop that threatens its life span.
I wanna run through the halls of my high school, I wanna scream at the top of my lungs. I just found out there's no such thing as the real world, just a lie you've got to rise above.
People want to see musicians sing things that come from their own mind and own heart in real time, responding to the moment for them.
Half of my heart's got a real good imagination, half of my heart's got you. . .Half of my hearts got a right mind to tell you that half of my heart won't do.
Scared of the world outside you should go explore, pull all the shades and wander the great indoors. Though lately I can't blame you, I have seent he world and sometimes I wish your room had room for two.
I wanted everybody to like me. I thought I was one shuck and jive away in every direction.
the trapper keeper is the genisis of OCD for my generation.
We have an immediate and dire need for this. The board has voted already to go ahead with this.
We could finish our season on a winning note. That was certainly our goal. We're real excited. We really are. We're getting there.
I don't have anybody telling me what to do.