John Mayer: 'I‘m Glad I Stayed Out of the Spotlight'

John Mayer is all smiles on The Ellen DeGeneres Show as he promotes his new album Born and Raised in an episode airing Tuesday (May 15).

The 34-year-old singer opens up about why he took a break from the spotlight for the last two years and why he still can’t sing.

“It was a really good time. I had to go home for a minute,” John told Ellen. “The plan that originally gets you out high school and your hometown, in front of people. That plan was over. I had done it. I just sort of lost my head for a little while. I remember one time was I was a kid, I went swimming and I closed my eyes and I kept swimming and swimming and came up out of the water and I was way passed the buoys and the life guards were blowing me in … I kind of lost touch and I didn’t want to ask for directions. I did a couple of some dumb interviews and it kind of woke me up.”

Check out the interview below!

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