Quote Of The Day

“I’m going to give you the scoop and I’m going to let people quote your interview. Celebrities read everything. They are their own biggest stalkers; they know every single gossip site, and every single post as it goes up. They act like they don’t-but they all do. Celebrities, by that estimation . . . do terrible research because all they ever do is read that without anything else to give them perspective. They’re such bad researchers and their science is such shit that they sit in front of a computer for one hour every morning and read one control group. If it were a scientific experiment, it would be the equivalent of only researching what this pill does to pregnant women. There are people walking around all day having only informed themselves by reading blogs that begin with, “Bitch probably.” If you’re reading a blog that says, “Bitch probably uses a rake as a comb,” you’re probably on that blog. There’s so much other information out there to be had. Read some fan mail; read about the people who said they were sick for half of last year and your music got them through it. We are terrible at not reading all the data, so that’s how I feel. If you’re going to go on that stuff and read it, then you’d better understand that all you’re doing is hanging out in one wing of the psych ward. You go, “People really are crazy?” No-visit a different floor. Go hang out in the waiting room for a minute and talk to some normal people. It’s just as much my responsibility to keep my head out of that, but I read it and I accept it. I also know I can walk outside and somebody will say, “I love your record and you got me through some really tough times.” I love meet and greets more than ever because that’s the other side of the data.”
– John Mayer, in a new interview, on his self-obsessed ways
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