"But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful. " - Gavin Degraw
"Every morning at six-thirty I would get up in my flannel pajamas and, because I didn't have any money for the subway, I would put on a pair of running shoes and jog up to the Upper West Side. " - Gavin Degraw
"I can do a gig without an instrument. " - Gavin Degraw
"I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song. " - Gavin Degraw
"I don't really take a step back too often to see what's going on. " - Gavin Degraw
"I don't take my clothes off in my videos. " - Gavin Degraw
"I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately. " - Gavin Degraw
"I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy. " - Gavin Degraw
"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. " - Gavin Degraw
"I happen to be a guy who also plays the piano and sings, so people automatically associate me with Billy Joel. " - Gavin Degraw
"I like some old classic country stuff. " - Gavin Degraw
"I like to do the splits onstage. " - Gavin Degraw
"I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on. " - Gavin Degraw
"I love to play music. " - Gavin Degraw
"I may never get my own action figure, but at least I think what I'm doing is really legitimate musically. " - Gavin Degraw
"I mean, I cut my hair with a pocketknife. " - Gavin Degraw
"I miss that sensation of a small achievement feeling like a really big deal. " - Gavin Degraw
"I really consider myself a piano player who just so happens to be a guy who's really passionate for guitar music. " - Gavin Degraw
"I think it's important not to worry about that too much, because even if I was the next big thing, there would be another next big thing soon. " - Gavin Degraw
"I think listening to real classic soul material made me learn how to feel music that's sung. " - Gavin Degraw
"I think that this is the best experience you could have with a television-associated tour, as far as legitimacy is concerned. I know a lot of people might have a problem with it because of its association with young American pop culture. But it's not a dumb, American pop culture, it's just young. " - Gavin Degraw
"I took a lot of time to open myself up to taking chances musically. " - Gavin Degraw
"I was introduced to country music around a campfire on a farm. " - Gavin Degraw
"I'm like a junkie for writing. " - Gavin Degraw
"I'm really a songwriter who plays the piano who's in love with guitar-driven music. " - Gavin Degraw
"I'm very competitive, and my ego couldn't handle that lack of success. " - Gavin Degraw
"I've got things I'd like to do film-wise, just films I'd like to make, whether I'm in them or not. " - Gavin Degraw
"It's not my goal to be a famous actor. " - Gavin Degraw
"Mainly, I think it's really important to continue cultivating the live fan base. " - Gavin Degraw
"My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it. " - Gavin Degraw
"My dad was born to rock and roll, but not all the rock and roll everybody talks about. I mean, popular rock and roll. " - Gavin Degraw
"My stigmatism was that I thought that really all the great songs had been written, so I never got into writing at all because I was playing classics and the Beatles, and Elton John/Billy Joel stuff, and the Doors. " - Gavin Degraw
"Playing in front of people is a lot different from playing in your room. " - Gavin Degraw
"So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure. " - Gavin Degraw
"So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing. " - Gavin Degraw
"So when you start touring, women are definitely going to check you out first. " - Gavin Degraw
"So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll. " - Gavin Degraw
"That's 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
"The early Billy Joel stuff I fell in love with, like Glass Houses, is a real rock record. " - Gavin Degraw
"The piano for me is more natural. " - Gavin Degraw
"There's always some amount of gradual, slow burning destruction over the course of partying. " - Gavin Degraw
"To me, all I ever want to do is play, and nothing else ever crossed my mind concerning a career. Just playing. Only the execution of the songs. " - Gavin Degraw
"We have a George Foreman grill on the bus. " - Gavin Degraw
"When I first started playing music, I was intimidated by the strain of trying different things - harder things - vocally. " - Gavin Degraw
"When I was a kid I got busted for throwing a rock through a car window and egging a house on halloween. " - Gavin Degraw
"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. " - Gavin Degraw
"When people put that sort of pressure on you, you're worried that people won't want to receive you. " - Gavin Degraw
"Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable. " - Gavin Degraw
"You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal. " - Gavin Degraw
