John Mayer was on ‘Last Call with Carson Daly’ on Friday to perform and talk about living the rock star dream. Mayer joked that when he sees people tell their friends to “turn around” to look at him, he says, “It’s so uncomfortable. It’s like nobody. I’m Jason Mraz — move on.” Read on for a transcript.
Carson: All right. Welcome back. Thank you. Thank you. That feels really
good. I appreciate that. John mayer’s here, too, by the way.
[ Cheers and applause ] I’ve been around the screaming girls at mtv,
and it’s usually ’cause people like yourself come over to the show and
hang out. But, I mean, there’s so many of them. When you were a kids, is
this how you envisioned — I mean, you must get recognized everywhere.
Is this the rock star dream you always wanted?
John: Most of it — I’m actually really lucky, because most of it I’d
been prepared for. The thing that happens when you’re dreaming — you know
this — you dream certain parts, and other parts you leave out. Like girls
coming up, like throwing themselves at you. You dream about that, but you
don’t dream it when it actually happens. You’re like, “maybe you should
cover that up.”
[ Laughter ] You become like a turtle. You’re like –
Carson: It’s not the same girl in the dream.
John: It’s not the same girl.
[ Talking over each other ]
John: It’s not fantasy girl anymore. It’s like, “don’t you think that
maybe you should put that back on?
[ Laughter ]
[ Applause ] You always dream about being famous. My dream was, like,
I’m gonna go to the mall — I’m gonna be too famous. I’m gonna have to
leave.
[ Laughter ] But now, you’re never too famous. You’re always, like,
a little bit famous. So, like, one person — and for every one person that
knows me, there’s, like, ten who don’T. So, it’s really embarrassing when
someone comes up to you, there’s, like, four more people behind you going,
“who is he?”
[ Laughter ]
Carson: Yeah, yeah, yeah. “Call the kids. Find out who he is. Who are
you? I saw the kids — they were going crazy. Who are you.”
[ Laughter ]
Carson: Yeah, they just kind of look at you, sort of all over. Like,
“turn around.”
John: It’s so uncomfortable. It’s like nobody. I’m Jason Mraz — move
on.
[ Laughter ]
[ Cheers ]
Carson: No, they know that’s not true.
Ted Alexandro: And the new thing now is, don’t sign something. It’s
now, “here, talk to –” ’cause it’s the new, like, cell phone age.
John: I can’t do it. The cell phone’s off.
Ted: They put it in your ear, “go — her name is kim.”
John: I can’t do it.
[ Laughter ] Like “hold on, let me take a picture.” “What, are you gonna
call thphotographer?” “Oh, no — there’s a camera on the phone.” What are
you gonna do with the picture once it’s on the phone? You don’t even know
how to get it off the phone.
[ Laughter ]
Ted: No, I think you can e-mail it immediately.
Carson: I want to mention a couple of things. You just played a show
with eric clapton and buddy guy and B.B. King. Some of the greats.
[ Cheers ] And, quickly, how were they with you being so young and playing
with them?
John: My respect for that kind of music is so deep, and they kind of
welcomed me in this weekend. I feel knighted.
Carson: And then there’s the big summer tour, maroon five and dj logic.
That starts july 2nd.
[ Cheers ] Good luck with that.
John: Thank you.
Carson: All right, john’s gonna play us out.