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John Mayer Quotes

Total quotes: 46
“Just be fucking honest about how you feel about people while you’re alive.”
— John Mayer, John Mayer Quotes on Twitter
Tagged: Honesty, Say what you feel, Say the truth
“Wherever I go whatever I do
I wonder where I am in my relationship to you
Wherever you go whatever you are
I watch your life play out and take pictures from a far”
— John Mayer, In Your Atmosphere- Live at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, CA - December 2007
Tagged: John Mayer, Love Songs, Breaking Up, Social Media, The Digital Age
“There is too much motivation to become a brand and not enough to become great at something.”
— John Mayer
Tagged: Art, Artists, Writing, How to be a writer, Branding, Quote of the Moment
“I realized not long ago that I'm done debating my own merits: "No, I am very good.”
— John Mayer, John Mayer on Katy Perry, Learning From the Dead, Embracing Pot
Tagged: Artists, How to be a writer, Self-Esteem, creating, Music
“In the past, you just let kids talk. But everyone's listening now.”
— John Mayer, John Mayer Has a Sing-Off While Eating Spicy Wings
Tagged: The Digital Age, talking, Opinions
“I’m a mess of unfinished thoughts.”
— John Mayer, A quote by John Mayer
Tagged: Thoughts, Incomplete, Mess
“She'll fight for you like hell then force herself to like some other man”
— John Mayer, Never on the Day You Leave
Tagged: Truth about breakups, Women after relationships, Loyalty
“Your heart is where my head should be
The dissonance is killing me”
— John Mayer, Emoji of a Wave
Tagged: Heartbreak, Missing People, Songs, Song Lyrics, Nostalgia
“All I care about is that I might help take you where you’re looking to go.”
— John Mayer, John Mayer on Facebook
Tagged: Artists, Art, Music
“Become great the boring way. The obsessive way. Watch 100 stars be born that aren't you. Learn to be cool with it. ”
— John Mayer
Tagged: Art, Artists, Writing, How to be a writer, Branding
“Ed's not a guy who goes, "What do you think?" Ed's in his own thing and he's a star athlete.”
— John Mayer, John Mayer on Katy Perry, Learning From the Dead, Embracing Pot
Tagged: Artists, How to be a writer, Self-Esteem, creating, Music, Ed Sheeran
“I guess I just feel like
Good things are gone
And the weight of my worries
Is too much to take on”
— John Mayer, I Guess I Just Feel Like
Tagged: Songs, Song Lyrics
“It's a Friday, we finally made it. I can't believe I get to see your face. You've been working and I've been waiting to pick you up and take you from this place.”
— John Mayer, Love on the Weekend
Tagged: Quote of the Moment, Escape, Love, Dating, Cute
“It is, as my therapist says, a study into the metaphysics of absent love.”
— John Mayer, See John Mayer, Ryan Adams Perform 'Come Pick Me Up' in Los Angeles
Tagged: Music, Poetry, emotions, Love, John Mayer, John Mayer ryan adams, John Mayer ryan adams come pick me up los angeles
“I feel less like I'm getting older and more like the side effects of who I am are evaporating. I have to remember that it's "old" to others.”
— John Mayer
Tagged: Aging, 40 somethings, This is 40, Quote of the Moment
“If you’re pretty, you’re pretty; but the only way to be beautiful is to be loving. Otherwise, it’s just ‘congratulations about your face.”
— John Mayer
Tagged: beauty, How to be good at love, Quote of the Moment
“Why you wanna break my heart again?
Why am I gonna let you try?

When all we ever do is say goodbye,
all we ever do is say goodbye.”
— John Mayer, All We Ever Do Is Say Goodbye
Tagged: Dating, Relationships, Love Lyrics, Music Quotes
“The older I get, the more I realize you don't have to embody everything you love.”
— John Mayer, John Mayer on Katy Perry, Learning From the Dead, Embracing Pot
Tagged: Aging, Be Who You Are, Flow, Stay in your lane
“The world has changed a lot since those meandering days we spent in the woods earlier this year. But our deep appreciation and respect for the wilderness has only increased.”
— John Mayer, John Mayer Goes Outside
Tagged: Land Rover, Outdoors, National Parks
“I told my therapist ‘I’m not really a person, I’m more just a collection of ideas.”
— John Mayer
Tagged: Artists, Ideas, Quote of the Moment
“I have stopped with contingency apologies. “I’m sorry if I was a little ____ last night.” Trust in other people’s right to tell you they’re upset. And then live like no news is good news.”
— John Mayer
Tagged: How to be good, humor, Apologies, Quote of the Moment
“You realize that the fight is not between you and them, but separately between you vs life and them vs life. Life isn’t too short to hold grudges, it’s too hard to hold them.”
— John Mayer
Tagged: Life, Relationships
“Write a bad song. Write a very bad song. But write a song. Then write another.”
— John Mayer
Tagged: Writing, How to be a writer, Quote of the Moment
“Loneliness doesn't make it to my emotional core anymore. It's no longer disturbing. It's a little like... hunger.”
— John Mayer
Tagged: Loneliness, Quote of the Moment, Relationships, emotions
“Sometimes you tell someone to never speak to you again and then the phone rings and you hope it´s them.”
— John Mayer
Tagged: Love, Relationships, phone calls, H4D1
“How much of my mother has my mother left in me? How much of my love will be insane to some degree?”
— John Mayer, In the Blood
Tagged: Family, Lyrics
“Drinking is a fucking con.”
— John Mayer, John Mayer on Katy Perry, Learning From the Dead, Embracing Pot
Tagged: Alcohol, Getting Drunk
“Don't be scared to walk alone. Don't be scared to like it.”
— John Mayer, The Age of Worry
Tagged: Walking, Think Differently, Doing Things Your Way, Roads Less Taken, Quote of the Moment
“Gravity is working against me and gravity wants to bring me down.”
— John Mayer, Gravity
Tagged: Bad Luck, Negativity
“We found a message in a bottle we were drinking.”
— John Mayer, Love on the Weekend
Tagged: Alcoholic, Getting Drunk, love drunk, Love and Connection
“A year has passed since I wrote my note.
I should have known it right from the start,
Only hope can keep me together.
Love can mend your life but love can break your heart.

I send an SOS to the world, I hope that someone gets my message in a bottle.”
— Original-- The Police, Message In A Bottle(Cover)
Tagged: Lyrics, Music, Love, John Mayer
“I'm drunk again, remember when we used to be?”
— John Mayer, Rosie
Tagged: Heartache, Songs, Song Lyrics, Nostalgia, Breaking Up
“No resolutions. Only a wish: that you keep holding on.”
— John Mayer, John Mayer shares his New Years wish on Instagram
Tagged: 2021
“I’m still so very lonely.”
— John Mayer
Tagged: Fame, Loneliness, Quote of the Moment
“Don't say a word, just come over and lie here with me, 'cause I'm just about to set fire to everything I see. I want you so bad I'll go back on the things I believe. There I just said it, I'm scared you'll forget about me.”
— John Mayer, Edge Of Desire
Tagged: Love, Song Lyrics, Desire
“Your body is a wonderland.

Something 'bout the way the hair falls in your face, I love the shape you take when crawling towards the pillowcase. You tell me where to go and though I might leave to find it, I'll never let your head hit the bed without my hand behind it.”
— John Mayer, Your Body Is A Wonderland
Tagged: Love Lyrics, Music
“On behalf of every man looking out for every girl, you are the god and the weight of her world.

So fathers, be good to your daughters, daughters will love like you do. 

Girls become lovers, who turn into mothers, so mothers, be good to your daughters too.”
— John Mayer, Daughters
Tagged: Love Lyrics, Music, Relationships
“I literally cried when I wrote ‘I still keep your shampoo in my shower in case you wanna wash your hair.’ That’s the saddest lyric I’ve ever written in my life. Think of how much desperation is in that line. She’s not coming to wash her hair at your house! It’s over.”
— John Mayer, John Mayer Interview on the Bobby Bones Show
Tagged: Music, Breakups
“When my loneliness is through, I'm gonna find another you.”
— John Mayer, I'm Gonna Find Another You
Tagged: Dating, Relationships, Breakups
“Back to you, it always comes around back to you.”
— John Mayer, Back To You
Tagged: Unforgettable Love, Love, Song Lyrics
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