Top 45 Gavin DeGraw Quotes
#1. I think listening to real classic soul material made me learn how to feel music that's sung.
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#2. I happen to be a guy who also plays the piano and sings, so people automatically associate me with Billy Joel.
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#3. So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing.
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#4. Love has a reason There's a meaning to the world We're giving love.
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#5. 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.
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#6. 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.
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#7. Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable.
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#8. I was introduced to country music around a campfire on a farm.
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#9. I took a lot of time to open myself up to taking chances musically.
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#10. I'm very competitive, and my ego couldn't handle that lack of success.
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#11. When people put that sort of pressure on you, you're worried that people won't want to receive you.
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#12. I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately.
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#13. My aim is so true,
I wanna show you,
I'll try forever,
I'm never gonna say "surrender".
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#14. I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy.
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#15. 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.
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#16. You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.
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#17. We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.
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#18. I don't really take a step back too often to see what's going on.
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#19. I miss that sensation of a small achievement feeling like a really big deal.
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#21. Belief builds from scratch. Doesn't have to relax, it doesn't need space
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#22. So when you start touring, women are definitely going to check you out first.
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#23. So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure.
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#25. The early Billy Joel stuff I fell in love with, like Glass Houses, is a real rock record.
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#26. Sometimes the only way is jumping; hope you're not afraid of heights.
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#27. 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.
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#28. But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.
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#29. To leave this world a better person, and for me to not be the only one who knows it.
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#30. 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.
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#31. I may never get my own action figure, but at least I think what I'm doing is really legitimate musically.
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#32. When I was a kid I got busted for throwing a rock through a car window and egging a house on halloween.
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#34. I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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#35. 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.
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#37. 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.
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#38. There's always some amount of gradual, slow burning destruction over the course of partying.
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#39. I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song.
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#40. My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it.
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#42. So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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#43. Playing in front of people is a lot different from playing in your room.
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#44. 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.
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