Gavin DeGraw Quotes & Sayings

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. — Gavin DeGraw

My aim is so true,
I wanna show you,
I'll try forever,
I'm never gonna say "surrender". — Gavin DeGraw

I'm like a junkie for writing. — Gavin DeGraw

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. — Gavin DeGraw

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

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

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

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

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

Playing in front of people is a lot different from playing in your room. — Gavin DeGraw

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

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

I like to do the splits onstage. — Gavin DeGraw

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

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

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

I don't take my clothes off in my videos. — Gavin DeGraw

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

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

When people put that sort of pressure on you, you're worried that people won't want to receive you. — Gavin DeGraw

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

Belief builds from scratch. Doesn't have to relax, it doesn't need space — Gavin DeGraw

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. — Gavin DeGraw

I love to play music. — Gavin DeGraw

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

We have a George Foreman grill on the bus. — Gavin DeGraw

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

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

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

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

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

I can do a gig without an instrument. — Gavin DeGraw

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

Sometimes the only way is jumping; hope you're not afraid of heights. — Gavin DeGraw

I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately. — Gavin DeGraw

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. — Gavin DeGraw

I took a lot of time to open myself up to taking chances musically. — Gavin DeGraw

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

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

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. — Gavin DeGraw

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. — Gavin DeGraw

I'll get it if you need it,
I'll search if you don't see it,
You're thirsty, I'll be rain,
You get hurt, I'll take your pain.
I know you don't believe it,
But I said it and I still mean it,
When you heard what I told you,
When you get worried I'll be your soldier. — Gavin DeGraw

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. — Gavin DeGraw

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

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

Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable. — Gavin DeGraw