John Mayer, who rekindled his on-again, off-again relationship with Katy Perry in January, tries to avoid partying and social media because he still craves constant attention and approval.
"I'm a recovered ego addict. The only way that I can be sure that I don't relapse is to admit that I constantly have this ego addiction - every day.
"So, I do the Grammys and I go home cause if I stayed, I'd get high again... You've already looked through Twitter, everybody goes, 'It's great,' and then you're low again because you can't stop looking. So, I'm a recovered ego addict."
The Who You Love hitmaker, who has also previously romanced Taylor Swift, Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Love Hewitt, admits it hurt his feelings when his personal life began overshadowing his career.
Asked if he considers himself a womaniser, he told Ronan Farrow on the Today show: "No, absolutely not. You're crafty and you're clever and you go, 'Well, I'm just going to be as strange as they think I am.' And then you lose, number one you're not playing music anymore. Number two, you're not feeling anything honestly. Number three, you're not saying anything honestly."
