Quotes By Gavin DeGraw

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

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

We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.

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

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

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

I like to do the splits onstage.

I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from 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 don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately.

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

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

I can do a gig without an instrument.

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 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 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.

I don't take my clothes off in my videos.

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

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

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

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'm like a junkie for writing.

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

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

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

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

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

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