Top 60 Quotes & Sayings by Gavin DeGraw

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

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

I love to play music.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

When I was a kid I got busted for throwing a rock through a car window and egging a house on halloween.

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.

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

Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable.

I'm like a junkie for writing.

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

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

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

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

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

I can do a gig without an instrument.

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

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

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

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

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

We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.

I like to do the splits onstage.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I like to do the splits onstage

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

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

I don't take my clothes off in my videos

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

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

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

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

I love it. It's the most legitimate way to acquire and sustain an audience of people who are interested in your music. Touring allows me to play material that isn't on the album and that they wouldn't be able to hear otherwise.

I can do a gig without an instrument

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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