John Mayer at Michael Jackson's Funeral 7/7/09

The singer had performed an instrumental of the hit single Human Nature at the event in Staples Center.

"The decision not to sing came from knowing what's best for me. I think it's a mine field to try in any way to replicate vocally what Michael Jackson has done, Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

He also explained that by not singing he wanted the absence of King of Pop to be realized.

He said: And in a way, it was sort of respectfully leaving an absence, you know, sort of the presence of his absence."

Mayer also revealed that he was amazed on being invited to the ceremony and wanted to confirm if the Jackson family wished him to come.

He added: "The first thing I said was a question, ''Does this really come from the family?'' I think that was essential to me to be able to process the honor.

It took me about 48 hours to strike the balance in how I was going to approach being invited to this unbelievable event without actually having the proximity to Michael Jackson, personally. I''d never met him."

Mariah Carey, Usher and Michael''s brother Jermaine Jackson had also performed at the event.




John Mayer says it was an honor performing at Michael Jackson's memorial Tuesday.

See photos from Michael Jackson's memorial

"The first thing I said was a question - does this really come from the family?" he said on Larry King Live Tuesday night. "I think that was essential to me sort of processing the honor. And when I found out that, in fact, it had, it took me about 48 hours to sort of strike the balance in how I was going to approach being -- you know, being invited to this unbelievable event without actually having the proximity to Michael Jackson, personally. I'd never met him."

Mayer performed an instrumental version of Jackson's hit "Human Nature" at Tuesday's memorial. He said he is glad he didn't end up singing.

CLICK HERE FOR A TIMELINE AND VIDEO OF THE MEMORIAL

"The decision to not sing is just out of knowing what's best for me," he said, adding that he doesn't have a strong vocal range. "I think it's quite a mine field to go into trying to in any way replicate vocally what Michael Jackson has done. And in a way, it was sort of respectfully leaving an absence, you know, sort of the presence of his absence."

He added that Usher's rendition of "Gone Too Soon" was "unbelievable."

See how Michael Jackson's appearance has changed over the years

Looking back on Tuesday's memorial, Mayer said he is amazed at how "humanizing it was. You know, Michael Jackson wasn't super human. He
was extra human."

Look back at photos of Michael Jackson and his children through the years

Added Mayer, "I think everybody who watched the service, I think by the end of it -- the best service of all was the service done to Michael Jackson to
sort of render him finally as being a human being."

"How do I resume Twittering after a day like yesterday?" the singer wrote -- on Twitter -- today. "My cells feel different. Thank you to you all for your kind of loving replies."

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