#ak

I look away at car crashes, and I know people who look away at car crashes, because it makes us uncomfortable to watch other people in pain. ↗

— John Mayer

#because #car #crashes #i #know

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. ↗

— John Mayer

#assuming #currently #emotion #emotional #experiencing

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. ↗

— John Mayer

#could #every #gonna #home #i

I have these accidents, these mistakes, these self-inflicted wounds, and then I tear my head to shreds about it for days. ↗

— John Mayer

#accidents #days #head #i #mistakes

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. ↗

— John Mayer

#compromises #famous #famous person #i #i think

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. ↗

— John Mayer

#going #guitar #i #kind #live

Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing. ↗

— John Mayer

#break #down #feels #having #i

There's a certain lack of gimmickry to what I do that makes people in England go: 'Where's the thing?' ↗

— John Mayer

#england #go #i #i do #lack

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#beat #burnout #giving #giving up #i

I pace myself by taking a week-long vacation every four months. ↗