Gavin DeGraw Quotes

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

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

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• 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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• 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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• We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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• 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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• It’s not my goal to be a famous actor.

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

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• I’m like a junkie for writing.

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

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

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

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

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Gavin DeGraw (34)

Birth:	4th February, 1977
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lyricist, Musician, Singer

About

Gavin Shane DeGraw was born in South Fallsburg, New York, USA. He is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is known for his songs "Chariot", "Follow Through", "I Don't Want to Be", "In Love with a Girl", "Not Over You", "Soldier", "Sweeter", and "Best I Ever Had". DeGraw has sold more than a million records in the US. His albums list shown below: Chariot, Gavin DeGraw, Free, Make a Move, and Sweeter Live.

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