John Mayer Quotes on Time (6 Quotes)

People want to see musicians sing things that come from their own mind and own heart in real time, responding to the moment for them.

And if you never stop when you wave goodbye, you just might find, if you give it time, you will wave hello again. You just might wave hello again. And that's the way this wheel keeps working now.

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.

In a time when everything can be next day and ordered and put on credit and paid for, music to me is promise, all promise, very little realization. It's the promise of walking into a room with a guitar and not being sure you will leave with an idea that will take, not being sure it won't slip away from you.

There wasn't a ton of time to write this record but that's also good because there wasn't a ton of time to freak out either. So it was just about enough time to follow my instinct and put my instinct down ... Your first attempt, your first thumbprint on every song -- that's what you can hear on the record.

I'm having the time of my life figuring out this next move.