Gavin DeGraw Quotations

I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy

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

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

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

Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately.

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

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

I don't take my clothes off in my videos

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

It's not my goal to be a famous actor

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

From being around live audiences in a lot of cities, I've more developed a desire to hear them react, more than I used to,

I think that this is the best experience you could have with a television-associated tour, as far as legitimacy is concerned. I know a lot of people might have a problem with it because of its association with young American pop culture. But it's not a dumb, American pop culture, it's just young.

I think it's important not to worry about that too much, because even if I was the next big thing, there would be another next big thing soon.

We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.

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

To me, all I ever want to do is play, and nothing else ever crossed my mind concerning a career. Just playing. Only the execution of the songs.

As I've played for a wider variety of audiences, I've become more concerned with showing them a good time, ... I hope that when they leave, they feel like they got something different, and that it was worth it to come out on their time off, when they have to work the whole rest of the week. Now that I'm on the road all the time, time off is more valuable to me. So I figure I'd better make it worth their time.

I mean, I cut my hair with a pocketknife.

That's 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.

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.

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

I like to do the splits onstage

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

I'm like a junkie for writing.

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

I love to play music.

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

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

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

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

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.