‘The lyric idea for In Repair came from this kind of knowledge about the way people are, that we’re always either on the way down or the way up. You never really enjoy the moment when it’s all put together, ‘cause it probably never really is. Those moments where things come apart is only setting you up for that moment where you put it back together again, and you’re so surprised that it’s coming back together again. There’s this beauty in the idea of being in repair. ‘
gravityisbringingmedown: “I’m gonna tell you the truth, pretend you’re me and I am you. I swear, I have a good upbringing, I just love playing guitar, I love being a musician, I’ve got dreams like everybody else has dreams and I have this unbelievable thirst above everything else to make those dreams happen. From the detriment of my life I was born to follow where this guitar takes me. Now, I am going to really break it down for you right now, because I don’t know the next time we’re going to be on a stage except for 2 or 3 more shows, it might be a while. Pretend you’re me for a minute, pretend you’ve spent your entire life playing the guitar because it’s the only thing that makes you feel like it’s going to be there tomorrow and love you just as much as today. It’s going to say “I love you” today, and it’s going to say “I love you” tomorrow. It’s not going to treat you like shit tonight and then be nice to you tomorrow and you’re going to be like “Wait a minute, guitar, you treated me like shit tonight and I was ready to be like “Look, you treated me like shit, let’s work it out but now you’re being nice to me.” Because it’s the only thing that was consistant in my entire life so I was like “You know what? I am going to give everything to this” and I am lucky, I had a little bit of talent and I was brought up in a place where I was able to keep making that talent happen. So then I get to a part in my life where it’s all I want to do, and I get good at it fast, and I am so lucky that I have the talent to build into something bigger. So then I see the target and I am just going to aim and shoot. Now when you are me, pretend you’re me again, you’ve got a whole plan in your mind, and you’re going to be like “Love the world over, and they’re going to think you’re awesome, and you’re going to play music,” but then you aim, shoot, and now you gotta walk to the target and see what you got and you realize that the bullseye was over here, and your arrow is way on the other side, and you go, “Shit!” And the world says this guy is a terrible archer. And you say “Well, I am not a terrible archer, I’m a terrible shooter but I really did see the target there, you know, I’m a nice guy, I try to be nice to everbody, I just want to be loved, I wanna love everybody back; How can it all just go all the way over there? Just whoosh! And then I realize you know screw it because really every archer has to account for wind, right? If you’re a sniper or an archer is you do any long range shooting, you have to account for the breeze. That breeze is not your friends, it’s not your family, it’s what everyone else says when you google search yourself. Because I think, may I say, when it comes to my friends and my family, I do a rather beautiful job of taking care of the people that I love. Sol let’s review my assets here, I’ve got a band that’s amazing that continues to play through my complete babbling, I’ve got a family that loves me, that I love. I’ve had the same close friends that I’ve had for 10 years. I’ve got a career where you guys show up and let me wear the jersey of the most rival team of all time and still you’re here cheering for me, I am never going to get over that. I get to make another record, I get to go home to an apartment which is absolutely mine because of you guys and I thank you. So yeah, maybe if you google search my name the word douchebag comes up. But that google search isn’t going to take you out to dinner, you can’t ask google search to take care of you when you’re low, you can’t ask google search to come over on a Sunday night when you can’t sleep and you’re wondering if you’re an okay dude and you just need to talk to some else. That’s why, friends, got ‘em! Family, got ‘em! Little bit of money to take care of those friends and family, got ‘em! Crowd, got ‘em! Guitar, got ‘em! The best record I ever wrote in my mind, still in my mind, got it! So really what’s wrong?! My friends thank you for loving me ‘cause nothing is wrong and I am going to carry on the next 18 months of my life without being on stage believing that nothing is wrong! If there is anything that I said that you can relate to, will you please consider that nothing is wrong, it’s all garbage! Go to your friends, your family, your job, your place to sleep and the love you actually get from 1 on 1. Do you hear what I’m saying?! Cause we’ve got dreams, dreams to remember…”
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John Mayer (Best speech ever!!! WPB 9/11/2010)
What an amazing way to end the tour.
(via tropicalblitz) He is amazing… — Eli’s blog:
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John Mayer (Best speech ever!!! WPB 9/11/2010)
What an amazing way to end the tour.
(via tropicalblitz) He is amazing… — Eli’s blog:
I really though my heart was going to explode at this show.
(via elisblog)
(via shes-reading-again)
One of the best performances of gravity i’ve ever seen. A must see for any JM fan.
Probably a good time for this.
“I’m someone who would like to act like I don’t care, but I care.” - John Mayer.
So the entire Pinkpop show is out there too?
Some of you out there has made some decisions recently to leave somebody that you love, thought loved you, thinks still loves you, and you still can’t find a way to work it out. And if you done it three days ago then you’re still on the straight and now. But if you done it three weeks ago it’s getting tough. It’s getting tough to hold on ‘cause those dreams are coming in, yeah. Things happen you want to tell the other person about, you know what I’m talking about? Yeah, then you start getting the dreams where they’re cool. You wake up like ‘Oh, I think they’re actually cool.’ Nah, that’s just dreams messing with you, all right. So, a lot of people here are trying to stick to their guns. But now it’s getting harder and harder not to write back. ‘Cause when you resist, they persist. That’s just how it goes, right? But I’m here to tell you that you are not psychotic. You are not crazy, you’re just lonely, and loneliness is a hell of a drug. Loneliness is a hell of a drug. So I’m here to take over your brain for a moment if that’s how you actually feel and remind you; do not have contact. Do not have contact, I don’t care how lonely you get. Loneliness is part of it, right? You’ll be lonely, but I know you’ll be OK. You’ll be lonely, but I know you’ll be okey, ‘cause good love is on the way. So when that Blackberry goes off, or that iPhone goes ‘brrrfff brrrfff’ and it is who you think it is; turn it over and go back to bed, and sing yourself a little lullaby.
— John Mayer, Perfectly Lonely, Noblesville, 2010. (via samanthaaurelie)
Just reminiscing over how powerful this was even and especially after Assassin. Talk about contrast but it was exactly what I needed to hear that night. As for the rest of United Center save a couple of us including the person who shot this video, I can’t be so sure. Only after a few chords into the first verse did the place finally settle down. John handled the energy extremely well.
#coachella #throwbacks
A Look Back
ONE FORTY PLUS: HAPPY HOLIDAY
When you see a string of lights in some perfect sequence of colors,
or when you hear a Christmas song that makes you joyful and somber at the same time,
that’s the work of dozens of Holiday memories coming together.
That’s the collective memory of many Holidays’ past.
Tryin' to fit the world inside a picture frame.: Now this might not have been on a list of songs that you were...
Now this might not have been on a list of songs that you were expecting to hear this evening but something happens to me when I get to play this song. And that’s what writing a song is so wonderful for, is that you can sorta make a note to yourself, a musical note to yourself. I would say…
Regarding War Of My Life.
