amen.
courtney just sent me this. its from some john mayer interview:
RY: Is there anything else you might like to add?
JM: I’m not going anywhere and I have not changed. Well, I’ve changed in small ways, but I haven’t changed as much as people would have expected me to change. I respect everybody’s impression. The one thing I hate that doesn’t offend me, but aggravates me, but it is a personal choice which everyone is allowed to have, is the aggressive, militant, outrage, and idea that because I play for more people now, therefore, fans are going to stop seeing me play. This is FUCKING music. It’s music and we try to play it for as many people as possible. Whenever I seem to hear this bullshit about, “I saw John when he was playing in a gutter with 4 people”, you know what I was thinking about when I was playing in a gutter for 4 people? I was thinking about playing here. I was thinking about playing crowds for 20,000 people. This is not a guy in a business suit saying, “You’re good kid, but you could be so much better playing in front of a crowd of 20,000 people.” This was always the plan and idea and I just cannot get it out of my head. I love my fans. I love you all to death, I’d do anything for you, my heart would break for you, but sometimes, you’re just stupid bastards. You know, I just doubt in the 70’s that people were like, “I used to like Steve Perry and company when I saw them in the club, but now with this whole “Faithfully” thing and this whole “Wheels in the Sky” in front of 40,000 people, I can’t get into them anymore. We’ll just move on to Styx”. I just want to stand up for myself. People always think I’m naive. People think I’ve changed. I have the same eyes I had before I had before this tour. I’m still here. It was kind of like the “Bigger than My Body” video shoot. I was surprised at how different people acted towards me. People wouldn’t even look my way or talk to me, because they thought I had money and I was playing bigger venues now. Money? I don’t even have a wallet on me! At any rate, it’s onward and upward. Here is my final thought. If we can keep at the beginning for the rest of our lives, we’ll all be fine. I’m still at the beginning and I’ll be there till the day I die. Staying at the beginning is the way you stay away from the, “Behind the Music” on VH-1.
RY: Is there anything else you might like to add?
JM: I’m not going anywhere and I have not changed. Well, I’ve changed in small ways, but I haven’t changed as much as people would have expected me to change. I respect everybody’s impression. The one thing I hate that doesn’t offend me, but aggravates me, but it is a personal choice which everyone is allowed to have, is the aggressive, militant, outrage, and idea that because I play for more people now, therefore, fans are going to stop seeing me play. This is FUCKING music. It’s music and we try to play it for as many people as possible. Whenever I seem to hear this bullshit about, “I saw John when he was playing in a gutter with 4 people”, you know what I was thinking about when I was playing in a gutter for 4 people? I was thinking about playing here. I was thinking about playing crowds for 20,000 people. This is not a guy in a business suit saying, “You’re good kid, but you could be so much better playing in front of a crowd of 20,000 people.” This was always the plan and idea and I just cannot get it out of my head. I love my fans. I love you all to death, I’d do anything for you, my heart would break for you, but sometimes, you’re just stupid bastards. You know, I just doubt in the 70’s that people were like, “I used to like Steve Perry and company when I saw them in the club, but now with this whole “Faithfully” thing and this whole “Wheels in the Sky” in front of 40,000 people, I can’t get into them anymore. We’ll just move on to Styx”. I just want to stand up for myself. People always think I’m naive. People think I’ve changed. I have the same eyes I had before I had before this tour. I’m still here. It was kind of like the “Bigger than My Body” video shoot. I was surprised at how different people acted towards me. People wouldn’t even look my way or talk to me, because they thought I had money and I was playing bigger venues now. Money? I don’t even have a wallet on me! At any rate, it’s onward and upward. Here is my final thought. If we can keep at the beginning for the rest of our lives, we’ll all be fine. I’m still at the beginning and I’ll be there till the day I die. Staying at the beginning is the way you stay away from the, “Behind the Music” on VH-1.