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Gavin DeGraw [1977-0] American
Rank: 102
Musician


Gavin Shane DeGraw is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He rose to fame with the single "I Don't Want to Be" from his debut album Chariot which became the theme song for the television drama series One Tree Hill. 

Car, Dating, Failure, Famous, Women



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Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable. Women
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You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.
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I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy.
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I don't really take a step back too often to see what's going on.
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I was introduced to country music around a campfire on a farm.
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I like to do the splits onstage.
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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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I took a lot of time to open myself up to taking chances musically.
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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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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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So when you start touring, women are definitely going to check you out first.
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But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.
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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. Car
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We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.
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It's not my goal to be a famous actor. Famous
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I love to play music.
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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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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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The early Billy Joel stuff I fell in love with, like Glass Houses, is a real rock record.
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I don't take my clothes off in my videos.
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So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing. Dating
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I'm very competitive, and my ego couldn't handle that lack of success.
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I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately.
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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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When people put that sort of pressure on you, you're worried that people won't want to receive you.
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So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure. Failure
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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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I'm like a junkie for writing.
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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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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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Playing in front of people is a lot different from playing in your room.
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I can do a gig without an instrument.
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There's always some amount of gradual, slow burning destruction over the course of partying.
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