Mayer: 'I don't need hits'

John Mayer isn't concerned with writing catchy tunes anymore.

John Mayer isn't worried about writing hits.

The 35-year-old musician believes his tunes should be more meaningful than just a catchy melody and hopes fans enjoy the narrative.

"I'm not worried anymore, period. I'm not worried about pop hits, I'm not worried about sales, relevance," he told TIME.com. "I care about one thing: tell your story. If you're on your sixth record and you're 35, you should be following wherever the road takes you. I want this story to unfold onstage now - records are the fuel for a concert."

The singer recently recovered from having two throat surgeries and explained his tunes are not as smooth as they once were.

It means he can't belt out the well-known tracks his fans are expecting in concert and his latest album reflects that.

"[My voice is] coming back and it will come back all the way to where it was," he said. "All the early stuff, I can't do that full voice right now.

"Born and Raised and Paradise Valley stem from this inability to sing higher."

John recently collaborated on a new track titled Who You Love with his girlfriend Katy Perry.

The star previously dated Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Aniston and despite his reputation as a ladies' man, it seems John is keen to settle down with Katy.

"John won't run from Katy again," a source told British magazine Grazia. "He knows his bad-boy reputation and what happened with Russell hurt Katy, and he'll do whatever it takes to show he's the one she should marry."

Katy met British comedian Russell Brand in 2009 and they got engaged that same year.

They wed in India in October 2010, however Russell filed for divorce only 14 months later.

Braff sets bar high

Zach Braff has got big things to prove with his new Kickstarter-financed film.

Zach Braff wants to set the bar "really, really high" with Wish I Was Here.

The Scrubs actor is currently directing and starring in the movie, which he co-wrote with his brother Adam.

Zach raised the money for the motion picture as part of a Kickstarter campaign, where more than 46,000 donors contributed upward of $3.1 million to fund his film.

The actor has been criticised by some for financing his pursuit in this way, and Zach knows he's got something big to prove with this new pursuit.

"If this is the test case for this way of financing a movie, I want to set the bar really, really high," Zach admitted to E! News.

Zach's gathered plenty of good names to feature in his film. A-list actress Kate Hudson stars alongside Mandy Patinkin, Ashley Greene, Jim Parsons and Josh Gad. Josh signed up after being intrigued by the concept behind the independent drama.

"What fascinated me more than anything was the process of this Kickstarter campaign and getting the money through crowd-funding," Josh also told E!. "It really does feel like you're making a movie for the people."

Zach does feel an obligation towards the people who donated to the creative cause and made the flick possible. As a result, he's letting his financiers speak.

"If any of these 46,000 people email us or contact us, they get a response that day, hopefully within a couple of hours, depending on how crazy we are," Zach said. "All questions are answered quickly... We treat them like they're guests at the fanciest hotel and we're the concierge."

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