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"&amp;quot;After I finally figured out how to behave, and how to dress, I wanted to get the next thing\u2014my apartment\u2014right,&amp;quot; says John Mayer, the 31-year-old pop wunderkind turned guitar hero. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s the last piece of the style puzzle.&amp;quot; Call it a quarter-life crisis, but Mayer wanted to put down roots. &amp;quot;A year ago, it never would have been right for me. But I&amp;#039;ve changed. I&amp;#039;m confident I&amp;#039;ve earned the happiness a real home base brings,&amp;quot; says the 15-time Grammy nominee, who picked up the first of seven statuettes at age 25, while wearing a Giorgio Armani suit. It was no coincidence. The Italian fashion designer and the American rock star share a mutual admiration. &amp;quot;If my apartment could make me feel the way I do in Mr. Armani&amp;#039;s suits, life would be really wonderful,&amp;quot; Mayer recalls thinking when he bought a 2,500-square-foot spread in New York City&amp;#039;s SoHo. Armani agreed to help. &amp;quot;I wanted to create a sophisticated environment for John,&amp;quot; the fashion icon says, &amp;quot;one that will bring as much pleasure to him as his music brings to us.&amp;quot;  The apartment is strong yet not intimidating, like the self-effacing Mayer himself. &amp;quot;You should have a picture of yourself as a kid in your home,&amp;quot; he says, &amp;quot;so that you remember where you came from.&amp;quot; His childhood snapshot sits on a chest of drawers in his bedroom. The faded photo is upstaged by a beloved collection of art depicting musical idols such as Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix, whose rendering in graphite greets Mayer the moment he walks in the door. &amp;quot;Most people think he just lit things on fire, but the beauty of his music got lost in the rock-god folklore,&amp;quot; says Mayer, who knows a little bit about being misunderstood himself. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s intentional that there&amp;#039;s not a lot of music gear here. I can be a person, not a musician, in this apartment.&amp;quot; Click here to step inside John Mayer&amp;#039;s minimalist New York apartment. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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