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Gavin DeGraw

(1977) Singer-songwriter United States

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Gavin DeGraw is a singer-songwriter from the United States, best known for I Don't Want To Be.

Quick Facts About Gavin DeGraw

Born: February 4, 1977
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer-songwriter
Notable works: I Don't Want To Be

About Gavin DeGraw

Gavin Shane DeGraw is an American singer-songwriter. DeGraw rose to fame with his song "I Don't Want to Be" from his debut album Chariot (2003); the song became the main theme song for The WB/CW drama series One Tree Hill. Other notable singles from his debut album were the title track and "Follow Through".

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Gavin DeGraw

“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,…

Sweet

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

Classic

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

Giving

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I think it's important as a player every now and again to play something that's influenced you as an artist just to…

Art

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

Animal

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I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately.

Anything

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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

Action

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

Chance

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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…

Accents

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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

Dad

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“My aim is so true, I wanna show you, I'll try forever, I'm never gonna say "surrender".”

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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

Bus

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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 don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately. All I have to do is think…

I'm tired

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I'm like a junkie for writing.

Junkie

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I like to do the splits onstage

Splits

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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…

Bass

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

Height

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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…

Attention

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When people put that sort of pressure on you, you're worried that people won't want to receive you.

People

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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.

Busted

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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…

Autographs

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I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy

Replaced

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

Checks

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We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.

Bus

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