Gavin DeGraw Quotes

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

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

I love to play music.

We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.

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

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.

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

Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable.

I'm like a junkie for writing.

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

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

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

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

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 see Superman replaced with Superboy.

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 to do the splits onstage.

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.

I can do a gig without an instrument.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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