Gavin DeGraw Quotes

I'm like a junkie for writing.

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 don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

I can do a gig without an instrument

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

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

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

I love to play music.

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

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

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

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

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

Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 like to do the splits onstage