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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I can do a gig without an instrument

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

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

I like to do the splits onstage

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

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

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

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

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

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

Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable.

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

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

I don't take my clothes off in my videos

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 don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy.

I love to play music.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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