Gavin DeGraw quotes:

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

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.

We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.

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.

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

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

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

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

I like to do the splits onstage

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.

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

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

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

I happen to be a guy who also plays the piano and sings, so people automatically associate me with Billy Joel.

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

It's not my goal to be a famous actor

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

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

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

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

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

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

I like to do the splits onstage.

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

I love to play music.

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

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.

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

I can do a gig without an instrument

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

I don't take my clothes off in my videos

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

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 don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy

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 happen to be a guy who also plays the piano and sings, so people automatically associate me with Billy Joel

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

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

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

I'm like a junkie for writing.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable.

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