Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The melody is the hope

NY Mag's Christianna Ablahad interviewed John Mayer about his new album. An excerpt...

Any particular theme or inspiration behind [your new album] that makes it different from previous albums?
Yeah, it's going to be quite melodically bright, but the themes are all about heartbreak.

How is that different? Haven't you written a lot about heartbreak?
I think most artists do, but this is really breaking into the theme of it as a concept.

Is there hope behind the heartbreak?
The melody is the hope. The lyrics are the heartbreak, the melody is the hope.

2 comments:

Kristin Murdock said...

Dear John Mayer, I wish you weren't such a jerk. I love you anyway, but I would love you even more if you were always nice and didn't smoke dope. xoxo, Kristin

alyssa said...

Thank you for editing his comments to only show the parts we love and appreciate :)