Gavin DeGraw Quotes (42 Quotes)

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

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

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.

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

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

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 love to play music.

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 like some old classic country stuff.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I like to do the splits onstage.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

I'm like a junkie for writing.

I can do a gig without an instrument.

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

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,

We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.

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.

Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable.

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

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

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.

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