John Mayer

That is really scary to do.

It's really scary to come off of that loop.

when you're in a new cycle, new cycle, new cycle, to really go, I want to shut down this part, that part, that part, and that part, and feel like you're dying inside because those parts are going away.

Now all I have left is people who want to talk to me want to talk to me about music I make.

I'm not trending on Twitter just because I got on a flight.

And it was tough.

It was tough to be like, yeah, you're going to play music.

You're going to play music, and you're going to put it all into that and not

but day trading how people feel about you.

I didn't deserve the role.

Because it wasn't made for me.

I'm the musician guy who writes songs that are like kind of hits.

And I thought that I was just, through my own manipulation of the thing, was an A-lister.

And I was going to, I'm an A-list celebrity.

No, you're not.

But I had this moment in my 20s where I thought,

Well, this is where I belong.

This is where I should be.

And obviously it wasn't because I didn't really handle it very well.

I was like, didn't handle it very well.