“Nobody’s music is the enemy of your music”-John Mayer

John Mayer recently spoke to a group of students at Berklee. Mayer has always been a controversial figure for some of his comments, but that being said, his most redeeming quality has always been his talent. Say what you want, but he delivers a wonderful blend of pop-blues-soul-rock music  like few others can.

He's full of wonderful, rich and ultimately smart ideas. Here are a few quotes from his talk:

• “Anybody who tells you to have a fall back plan are people who had a fallback plan, didn’t follow their dreams, and don’t want you to either.”

• “This time is a really important time for you guys because nobody knows who you are, and nobody should. This is not a time to promote yourself. It doesn’t matter. This is the time to get your stuff together. Promotion can be like that. You can have promotion in 30 seconds if your stuff is good. Good music is its own promotion.”

• “I remember playing the guitar through the amplifier facing out the window of my house onto the street in the summer time – that was social media in 1992.”

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