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John Mayer wants you to know he isn't as bad a guy as you think

There was a time, not that long ago, when John Mayer was hardly thrilled with how his life and career were playing out. Sure, he was a Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist, and one both championed by blues-guitar idols like Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy and dating Hollywood starlets in equal measure. But back then, suffocated by his place in mainstream celebrity culture, Mayer says he couldn't appreciate his success.

"Part of the idea of celebrity being toxic is it rots the part of your brain that goes 'This

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