Singer-Songwriter John Mayer: 'I Live for FedEx Tracking Numbers'

New York Times shares a few Sunday Arts and Leisure outtakes

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For today’s New York Times, Joe Coscarelli caught up in Los Angeles with singer-songwriter John Mayer, whose new album The Search for Everything drops fully next month. The journalist spent four days tailing Mayer to the recording studio, a music video shoot and a restaurant where the two had dinner.

As Coscarelli explains, that expanse of time and Mayer’s fondness for talking left him with voluminous interview outtakes. A few of which he compiled for a separate sidebar, sharing tidbits like this one:

On his love for online shopping:

“I live for FedEx tracking numbers.

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