Gavin DeGraw Quotes

It's not my goal to be a famous actor.

You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.

I was introduced to country music around a campfire on a farm.

Sometimes the only way is jumping; hope you’re not afraid of heights.

When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands.

I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately. All I have to do is think of me and I have peace of mind. I'm tired of looking 'round rooms wondering what I've got to do or who I'm supposed to be. I don't want to be anything other than me.

So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing

There's always some amount of gradual, slow burning destruction over the course of partying.

To leave this world a better person, and for me to not be the only one who knows it.

I'm very competitive, and my ego couldn't handle that lack of success

I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song.

I may never get my own action figure, but at least I think what I'm doing is really legitimate musically

I happen to be a guy who also plays the piano and sings, so people automatically associate me with Billy Joel.

I miss that sensation of a small achievement feeling like a really big deal.

When I was a kid I got busted for throwing a rock through a car window and egging a house on halloween.

I don't really take a step back too often to see what's going on

So when you start touring, women are definitely going to check you out first.

I like to do the splits onstage

I think listening to real classic soul material made me learn how to feel music that's sung

I can do a gig without an instrument

I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on

So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure.

The early Billy Joel stuff I fell in love with, like Glass Houses, is a real rock record.

I guess I'm happy that I'm getting the attention. Otherwise, I'd just be playing in a local bar in front of my family members, and I'm sure they'd get sick of that in no time

I am the byproduct of an Ellis Island orgy, basically. I'm everything. I've got quite a mixture in me. I know a lot of it and I don't know some of it. I'm pretty mixed up, but mostly Russian and Irish.

Playing in front of people is a lot different from playing in your room

I don't take my clothes off in my videos

I think it's important as a player every now and again to play something that's influenced you as an artist just to expose the people to it.

I love it. It's the most legitimate way to acquire and sustain an audience of people who are interested in your music. Touring allows me to play material that isn't on the album and that they wouldn't be able to hear otherwise.

Things take a little more time when you're not doing really obvious sales. I don't have any nudity in my videos, or anything close to it, and I don't have shootouts or explosions or car chases ... There aren't a bunch of drugs in the videos and I am not wearing hot pants, and I don't dance. So, as far as videos or anything visually is concerned, I'm not a very visually stimulating artist.

But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.

I don't want to be anything other than me.

I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy.

Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable.

I'm like a junkie for writing.

So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll

I took a lot of time to open myself up to taking chances musically

Belief builds from scratch. Doesn’t have to relax, it doesn’t need space

I'm no heartthrob. Honestly, I am really happy that people are just giving me a chance and paying attention to what it is I have to say, because I certainly hope I have a lot more to say than I do to look at. That's more important to me.

Thats part of the fun, I guess, is having people excited about seeing you and signing autographs and getting to meet fans and things like that.

I love to play music.

My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it

Love has a reason There's a meaning to the world We're giving love.