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" I just like collaborating. "
John Mayer
Collaborating
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" I've learned to appreciate everything that has been given to me. "
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" Trying to impress my mother with words was one of my favourite pursuits. "
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" I believe in blues, and I believe that it's been misrepresented. "
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" I wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a songwriter. Not a shock jock. "
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" I knew what I wanted to do when I was 13 and I had to go through four years of high school to get out. That's a blessing, because I never had to lay on my bed staring up at the ceiling going, 'What am I going to do with my life?' "
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Bed
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Life
" I wanted everybody to like me. I thought I was one shuck and jive away in every direction. "
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Away
Direction
" There's so many inspiring people out there. "
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Inspiring
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Many
" I've figured out my learning curve. I can look at something and somehow know exactly how long it will take for me to learn it. "
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Learn
Know
" If you told me I was going to live to 240, I would take 10 years off and try and act. I don't have that kind of time, so I'd much rather stick to playing guitar. "
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You
Kind
Live
" I need some kind of emotional stake in it to write my lyrics, assuming that place. It might just be an emotion I understand but am not currently experiencing necessarily. "
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Emotion
Need
Place
" There are people in the world who have the power to change our values. "
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World
Change
People
" What I've learned in my life, it's a very interesting social study for me, to go back and forth between being the guy at home and being the guy on the road and being the guy in studio and being the guy in the interview. The environment around you has so much to do with your character, and when I'm home, my character really changes quite a bit. "
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My Life
Character
Life
" I'm singing what I want to sing based on the emotion of what that day feels like. That's what comes out of my mouth and guitar. That impacts people. They know anything can happen. "
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Singing
Want
Know
" Every song I put on a record could be a single and I just pack my bags for it... and the minute it takes off, I'm not gonna be home for a while. "
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Single
Home
Just
" I scientifically engineer my music to be as accessible as possible. "
John Mayer
Possible
Accessible
Engineer
" I'm not as surprised in going from playing 1,000 seats to 4,000 seats as I was from 100 to 500 seats. "
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Playing
Going
Surprised
" My hits are not hits. "
John Mayer
Hits
" I've never been a bad boy. "
John Mayer
Boy
Never
Bad
" Hopefully people can see my music is tethered to my brain. "
John Mayer
Hopefully
Music
People
" I'm a good music provider, and I'm fine with that. I'm a quality music manufacturer. "
John Mayer
Fine
Good
Good Music
" People are really concerned with what other people are saying about them. "
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Other
Really
People
" There's a certain lack of gimmickry to what I do that makes people in England go: 'Where's the thing?' "
John Mayer
People
Thing
Go
" I've never done anything because I thought it would look cool. "
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Never
Done
Thought
" I'm willing to make compromises based on someone I think is the one, but I think it's psychologically important to people when they're famous to be the only famous person they know. "
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Think
Famous
Important
" I'm not an icon. Not even in America. "
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America
Icon
Even
" 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. "
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Life
You
People
" They say stay in the lines, but there's always something better on the other side. "
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Side
They Say
Always
" My fear is that I go up to the girl of my dreams and say 'I'm sorry, but I've got to say hello to you,' and she slides the stool back and gets up and walks away, saying, 'Not for me, Bub. I don't want anything to do with you.' "
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Fear
Dreams
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" I like giving people something they don't want to miss the next time. It's a show with little twists and turns and curves. It has me being silly and stupid and compassionate and completely deep. "
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Time
Giving
Me