John Mayer probably never imagined that when he woke up on Feb. 10, his interview with Playboy magazine would be the biggest news of the day.

The 'Waiting for the World to Change' singer, who has famously worked with African American singers such as Alicia Keys, Common, Kanye West and B.B. King, has been criticized over a few comments that have been interpreted as racially charged.

After declaring "black people love me," he tried to discuss whether or not he had a "hood pass."

"If you really had a hood pass, you could call it a n***er pass," he said.

Mayer followed that up with a discussion about how he doesn't open himself up to black women throwing themselves at him ("My dick is sort of like a white supremacist. I've got a Benetton heart and a f****** David Duke cock. I'm going to start dating separately from my dick.") before name-dropping some of the black women he finds attractive ("I always thought Holly Robinson Peete was gorgeous. Every white dude loved Hilary (Karyn Parsons) from 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'"

And then the Columbia Records recording artist had choice words about movie actress Kerry Washington, who's making her debut on Broadway in David Mamet's new play 'Race.'

"She's super hot, and she's also white-girl crazy. Kerry Washington would break your heart like a white girl. Just all of a sudden she'd be like, "Yeah, I sucked his dick. Whatever.'"

After links and clips of the full interview circulated on the Internet, the Georgia-born singer went to Twitter to express his regret for only one of the comments.

"Re: using the 'N word' in an interview: I am sorry that I used the word. And it's such a shame that I did because the point I was trying/ to make was in the exact opposite spirit of the word itself. It was arrogant of me to think I could intellectualize using it/ because I realize that there's no intellectualizing a word that is so emotionally charged."

That didn't help matters where several rappers were concerned.

Rapper Talib Kweli wrote, "My man John Mayer must love the taste of his own foot," while Noreaga addressed him personally by saying, "Dear John Mayer, black women don't like you 'cause you're an asshole."

The Roots drummer Questlove was the nicest, writing, "Hmmm. I'll give Mayer a benefit of the doubt (remember how people misinterpreted my photo?) and assume that was a punchline gone awry."

The 32-year-old Grammy Award winner (pictured with Rihanna at a recent industry event) was still remorseful and broke into tears reflecting on the day's events at his Sommet Center concert in Nashville, Tenn., last night.

"In a quest to be clever, I completely forgot about the people I love and the people that love me," he said. "That feels absolutely terrible."

"I quit the media game. I'm out. I'm done," he declared before acknowledging his band members, most of whom are black. Mayer closed by saying he wants to just play his guitar and that he's "going to figure it out."