John Mayer

“Someday, I'll be living in a big old city, and all you're ever gonna be is mean.”

“Sometimes I wish that I was the weather, you'd bring me up in conversation forever. And when it rained, I'd be the talk of the day.”

“Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you're really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-color box, though I've got a few missing.”

“Heartbreak is the greatest fuel a songwriter can have.”

“The biggest mistake people make is thinking they have time.”

“Pain is a byproduct of life. That's the truth. Life sometimes sucks. That's true for everyone. But if you don't face the pain and the suck, you don't ever get the other things either.”

“I'm a mess of unfinished thoughts.”

“You get the most out of your life when you're not worrying about what other people think.”

“It's very liberating to say 'I don't know.'”

“The older I get, the more I realize that the only thing that matters is what you think of yourself.”

“Music is the only thing that has to be true.”

“Guitar is for the head, drums are for the chest, but bass gets you in the groin.”

“I'm interested in the things that are really hard to talk about.”

“I think part of being a good songwriter is being a good listener.”

“If you had a superpower, what would it be? Mine would be the power to delete memories.”

“I'm not a man of too many faces. The faces I have are pretty aligned.”

“Welcome to the real world, she said to me, condescendingly. Take a seat. Take your life. Plot it out in black and white.”

“I'm not as surprised as I am disappointed.”