John Mayer Discusses Granuloma Possibly Returning

January 31st, 2013

Grant Trimboli

John Mayer recently sat down with the people at Rolling Stone to discuss his recovery process from having granuloma removed and the possibility of it actually returning. Read the entire interview through the link provided and keep an eye out for more updates from Mayer.

Is it possible the granuloma could come back?
Sure. Everybody goes through this – at 35, you realize you just can’t do whatever you want to do in terms of diet, sleep and overuse. You’re held accountable. It’s a ratio of one to one of what you put in to what you get out. I never went off the rails, but as a singer you have to really watch what you put into your body. Especially with what you put in your body before you lay flat and go to sleep. You don’t realize that when you go out and have a couple drinks and you come back home and you pass out, you’re raiding your esophagus with acid from two or three whiskey sours. If you do that night after night and then you sing eight hours a day while you’re writing a record, you’re going to start wearing away at the stuff in your throat.

After the surgeries, how has your voice changed?
Everything changed about my voice. I don’t have the projection. My laugh changed. The way I used to laugh is kind of like that “I’m embarrassed,” high-pitched laugh. I don’t really laugh that way anymore. I’ve found new ways around everything – new ways to talk, new ways to laugh. Now I wonder if I can go right back to the shape of my voice that I had when I was singing once I can do what I want to do with it.