Gavin DeGraw Quotes

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

  Gavin DeGraw

  Animal, Player, Guitar

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

  Gavin DeGraw

  Jumping, Height, Way

  Song: Meaning, Album: Chariot

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• 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.

  Gavin DeGraw

  Tired, Thinking, Mind

  Song: I Don't Want To Be, Album: Chariot, 2003

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

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  World, Better Person, Persons

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm like a junkie for writing.

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  Writing, Junkie

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

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  Space, Relax, Scratches

  Song: Belief 2, Album: Chariot, 2003

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• 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.

  Gavin DeGraw

  Giving, People, Important

  "Gavin DeGraw speaks out on life and music". The Associated Press Interview, www.nbcnews.com. August 4, 2010.

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• 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.

  Gavin DeGraw

  Fun, People, Fans

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

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  Achievement, Missing, Feelings

  "Gavin DeGraw remembers NYC struggles, knows his place" by Carolyn E. Davis, www.mtv.com. March 25, 2005.

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• 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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  Islands, Mixtures, Ellis Island

  "Gavin DeGraw speaks out on life and music". The Associated Press interview, www.today.com. February 4, 2005.

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• 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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  Sick, Bars, Attention

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• I love to play music.

  Gavin DeGraw

  Play

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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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  Halloween, Kids, Rocks

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

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  Steps

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

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  Firsts, Checks, Touring

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

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  Ego, Handle

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• I like to do the splits onstage

  Gavin DeGraw

  Splits

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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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  Real, Thinking, Soul

  "Gavin Degraw remembers NYC struggles, knows his place" by Carolyn E. Davis, www.mtv.com. March 25, 2005.

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

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  Party, Burning, Destruction

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• Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable.

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  Firsts, Fashionable

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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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  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Play

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

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  Chance, Take A Chance

  "Gavin Degraw remembers NYC struggles, knows his place" by Carolyn E. Davis, www.mtv.com. March 25, 2005.

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

  Gavin DeGraw

  Clothes, Video

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

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  Philosophy, Want

  Song: I Don't Want To Be, Album: Chariot, 2003

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• 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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  Play, Piano, People

  "Gavin DeGraw remembers NYC struggles, knows his place" by Carolyn E. Davis, www.mtv.com. March 25, 2005.

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