Facts

Personal
Birthday:
October 16, 1977
Name meaning in Japanese:
God's Grace, shinkei
Family:
Brothers Carl and Ben, Dad Richard, Mother Margaret (both former educators)
Zodicac sign:
Libra
Chinese astrological sign:
Snake
Past girlfriends:
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Vanessa Carlton, Jessica Simpson, Minka Kelley, Jennifer Aniston
Birth place:
BridgePort, CT USA
Currently in:
Slitting time between Los Angeles, CA and New York City, NY USA
Home:
Owns a home in LA and an apartment in NYC
Fear:
Going clinically insane, or suicide.
Good night's sleep:
Japan
Hottest female rocker:
Gwen Stefani
Car:
steel-blue BMW, Porsche Cayenne, Custom painted Ford GT, Jeep
Naked?:
What does John think when he sees himself naked? "the word 'exquisite' comes to mind."
Food and Hobbies
Dish:
Sushi, Kobe beef, and other Japanese meals
Drink:
Chocolate milk
Sauce:
A1 sauce
Fast food burger:
Whopper
Candy:
Reese's Pieces
Music:
Jeff Buckly, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimmy Hendrix, The Police
Video game type:
XBox
Movie:
Good Will Hunting
Operating system:
Mac
Mp3 player:
iPod
Made him dance:
Justin Timberlake's "Like I Love You", Lionel Richie's "All Night Long,"
Best lyric:
Jeff Buckley's "Lover, You Should've Come Over."
Career
First blues club performance:
at 15
Lyrical inspiration:
Dave Matthews Band, Ben Folds
First played guitar at:
13
Started singing:
"Singing had always been there. I used to do middle school and high school theatre before I hit puberty."
Fan base:
Everyone from frat boys to soccer moms
Shows:
Has done 188 in only one year
Song muses:
Victoria (college friend), "Lydia" (Involved with a friend of his)
Surprise suprise:
John was surprised he won song of the year for "Daughters", he thought Alicia Keys deserved it! After the show he said: "I'll just screw the top off of it and give her the lower part of it"
Physical
Height:
6'4
Hair color:
Brown
Eyes:
Brown
Tattoos:
8 (that we know of!) ("77" on the left breast, "Home" on the left tricep, "Life" on the right tricep, the "box" of three on the inner right forearm, "Koi fish" on the right outer shoulder, "SRV" tattoo on arm, Japanese-style tattoo left shoulder, japanese style sleeve left arm). Read more about his tattoos here!
Favorite Color:
City morning blue
Back in the days
College:
Berklee College of music
Victoria:
Victoria once recorded a few songs in the makeshift recording studio in Mayer’s dorm room, and she has a photo of the two of them at Berklee in her scrapbook. She also has a “more perverted’’ and unreleased version of the original “Victoria’’ on cassette (in an email in September 2008, Victoria says this casette does not exsist).
First job:
In a supermarket in Fairfield, CT, later worked in a gas station.
First salary:
7 bucks an hour
Past domiciles:
Japan, Atlanta Georgia, NYC, LA
Grammys:
John would watch the Grammys every year, holding his guitar, "I would always do the same thing—I would play guitar during the commercial breaks or along with the bands playing and just turn up the electric and play and then turn it back down."
Other instruments:
Clarinette, flute, in elementary
Principal's pet:
He use to tapes from the confiscated walkmans that his dad kept in his office at the school!
Random
Politeness:
John always thanks his crowd in some way, in between songs
Musical fans:
According to a Montreal radio station, Phil Collins admires John's work. Others include Elton John, Buddy guy, Kayne West.
No alcohol here:
John used to say that he once drank so much when he was younger, that he never touched alcohol again, because of how hung over he was afterwards. Obviously thinks change since he enjoys Scotch..
Parental age:
John's parent's ages are 19 years apart
Glasses fetish:
He use to go to the "lost and found" at his school and get glasses, but they would never fit him because his head was too big!
Not-so-sensitive:
Vanessa Carlton called him a "bad breaker-upper" in that relationship.
HT air-borne:
"Heavier Thing"'s name came from John being on a plane and getting directions. He said jokingly he'll call his next album the "Initial Descent".
Cool guy:
Kayne West thinks he's one of the coolest people he's met