Top 40 Gavin DeGraw Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “I don’t want to be anything other than me.”

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2. “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

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

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

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5. “Love has a reason There’s a meaning to the world We’re giving love.”

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

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7. “I love to play music.”

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

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9. “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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10. “I don’t really take a step back too often to see what’s going on.”

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11. “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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12. “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.”

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13. “Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable.”

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

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

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

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17. “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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18. “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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19. “I don’t take my clothes off in my videos.”

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

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21. “I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what’s going on.”

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22. “I don’t want to see Superman replaced with Superboy.”

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

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24. “It’s not my goal to be a famous actor.”

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

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26. “I like to do the splits onstage.”

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

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28. “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.”

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29. “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.”

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

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

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32. “I can do a gig without an instrument.”

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33. “But I’ve never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.”

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

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

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36. “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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37. “I’m like a junkie for writing.”

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38. “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.”

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

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

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

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