random john quotes from rolling stone
i was looking around on rolling stone's official website and john mayer fans, and i read some articles and interviews on mayer. here's what i found amusing and interesting:
talking about a four-coloured lamp in his apartment:
"That's the gayest I ever got, putting four different -- color gels in those lights."
commenting on the view he gets from his private recording studio:
"I fear snipers sometimes, and then I have to move out of the way."
"I have weird phobias. I'm really afraid of suicide. I'm the last person who will ever commit suicide, but I have a fear of suicide. Like, I hope I don't come down with it. The night I finished the record in L.A., I was on the computer, sitting next to the balcony, and I was like, 'By six o'clock this morning I will be facedown on the pavement beneath the balcony, but I can't help it. What if it's fate?' "
on staying drug and alcohol free:
"I've made a commitment to being present at all times...And I'm such an anxiety person, I'd worry that the drugs were a trap. Like, 'I wanna get out of this high!' I already walk down the street and think I'm losing my breath for no reason -- just fuck with my own breathing."
on trying to find a record deal:
"The record people would always pose questions to themselves and answer them. 'Do I think it's a great record? Absolutely. Do I think that people would want to hear this record? I think so. Do I think that the climate is right for this kind of record right now? I'm not sure.' And I remember thinking, 'Can I just finish my smoothie and go?' I came in pretty headstrong, and I can see how I could come off as a cocky little fuck."
on being a sex god to most females:
"You don't have to persuade me to be perfectly honest. This gets into a whole chapter: 'Heartthrob.' Because I'm not a heartthrob. I have a butt chin. No underchin. I have a giant head, I'm lanky as can be. I have back-ne. I'm not conventionally attractive, but there is someone who my look totally does it for, no matter what it is. Whether it's the fact that my neck seemingly comes out of my chest and not the top, whether it's that I have terrible posture. I've never labored under the illusion that any of my success has to do with looks."
"I don't want to be a famous person. I want to be a famous musician. Right now, I'm a big target, just living off the land with no scandal attached to me. I feel like, with this record, everybody is going to look for a weak spot to say, 'I knew it.' I'm focused on proving that my success wasn't an accident. And when I play onstage, I want to get twice as good as I am now. Why? Because fuck everyone else. I don't care what you could possibly have to say about me, because I will always work hard enough that you will have to follow it up with, 'But, boy, that kid can play.' "
when rs asks him about putting together his dream concert:
"Do I close?"
when they allow him to be the closer:
"All right -- Mayerfest. I'd put Stevie Wonder on it, with the Roots backing him up. Then I'd put on the re-formed Police. I think they're getting back together."
at a Holmdel, NJ concert. right before playing Comfortable:
"I haven't played this song in a long time, but I really wanna play it tonight, so even if I mess up just pretend I'm still the coolest motherfucker around!"
Houston, Texas concert:
"I'm glad you can sit here with me and listen to my bullshit. Oh, I'm sorry to the parents out there for saying bullshit. But you know what? It's my fucking show."
Mansfield, MA concert...the first mayer concert i went to!!:
"'My Stupid Mouth' is a cross between an amateur stand up comedian and an asshole."
Phoenix, Arizona, after coming back for the encore:
"You left and I was sad."
San Diego, California:
"The encore is just an excuse for all the pussies here to leave early so they dont get caught in traffic...shit i think I just called half of the paying customers pussies..oh well"