John Mayer Biography

Born as	John Clayton Mayer
Occup.	Musician
From	USA
Born	October 16, 1977 Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Age	47 years

John Clayton Mayer was born upon October 16, 1977, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, to Margaret and also Richard Mayer. His dad was a senior high school principal, as well as his mommy was a middle school English instructor. Mayer matured in Fairfield, Connecticut.

From a young age, Mayer wanted songs. He began playing the guitar at the age of 13 and also developed his very first band as a high school trainee. After finishing senior high school, Mayer went to the Berklee College of Music in Boston to more refine his abilities as a guitarist and also songwriter.

In 1999, Mayer relocated to Atlanta as well as began doing at popular neighborhood places. It was throughout among these performances that he was discovered by an executive recruiter from Columbia Records. In 2001, Mayer launched his debut cd, "Room for Squares". The album was a business success and also took place to offer over 4 million duplicates in the United States alone. It made him a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

Mayer complied with up his debut album with "Heavier Things" in 2003, which included hits like "Daughters" and also "Clarity". The album won him another Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. He remained to release successful cds, including "Continuum" in 2006, which featured the hit "Waiting on the World to Change", and "Battle Studies" in 2009, which included "Heartbreak Warfare" and "Half of My Heart".

Mayer has actually collaborated with other musicians throughout his occupation and has actually been featured on numerous tracks, consisting of "Your Body is a Wonderland" with Alicia Keys and "Say" with the Counting Crows. He has actually additionally gotten acknowledgment for his guitar abilities, consisting of being called one of the "10 Greatest Electric Guitar Players of All Time" by Time publication.

Mayer has faced some controversy throughout his career, consisting of negative remarks he made concerning his ex-girlfriends in interviews. He has also been open about his have problem with stress and anxiety as well as clinical depression.

Regardless of these setbacks, Mayer remains to launch music and also trip, executing for numerous fans around the world. In addition to his songs occupation, he has additionally acted in movies and television shows, consisting of "Get Hard" and also "Dave Chappelle's Block Party".

John Mayer is commonly considered as among the most gifted and also influential musicians of his generation. His distinct guitar design as well as songwriting have touched the hearts of fans worldwide and cemented his area in the music industry.

Our collection contains 16 quotes who is written / told by John.

Related authors: Jennifer Love Hewitt (Actress), John Clayton , Katy Perry (Musician), Alicia Keys (Musician)

Discography:

1999 Inside Wants Out (Indie)
2001 Room for Squares (Indie)
2003 Heavier Things (Indie)
2006 Continuum (Indie)
2009 Battle Studies (Indie)
2012 Born and Raised (Indie)
2013 Paradise Valley (Indie)
2017 The Search for Everything (Indie)
2021 Sob Rock (Indie)

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16 Famous quotes by John Mayer

"Hopefully people can see my music is tethered to my brain"

"High School is like a spork: it's a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it's just plain useless"

"I'm not as surprised in going from playing 1,000 seats to 4,000 seats as I was from 100 to 500 seats"

"I'd like to think the best of me was still hiding up in my sleeve"

"I feel strikingly domestic. We're in our own world with two busses and trucks"

"Everybody is just a stranger, but that's the danger in going my own way"

"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"

"If you get half a million, at a certain stage you probably will get 4 million people, if they are able to hear it. The touring thing is unbelievable. It really is amazing from what we did the last tour even to what we are doing now"

"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"

"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"

"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"

"I'm getting to a point where everything is becoming streamlined in my life. I'm learning how to stand onstage for two hours and play in front of thousands of people as if I am completely in the moment every moment"

"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"

"I feel my shows are like a late-night talk show that we settle down and do every night"

"Numb is the new deep, done with the old me, and talk is the same cheap it's been"

"I hope that what it comes down to at the end of the day is that people believe that I believe what I'm singing. It comes down to being believable. You don't have to be likeable; generally, though, I think I am"