Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw
Gavin Shane DeGrawis an American musician and singer-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. Other singles from the album included notably "Chariot" and "Follow Through". His second self-titled album was released in 2008 and included the top-twenty single "In Love with a Girl"...
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth4 February 1977
CityFallsburg, NY
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From being around live audiences in a lot of cities, I've more developed a desire to hear them react, more than I used to,
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As I've played for a wider variety of audiences, I've become more concerned with showing them a good time, ... I hope that when they leave, they feel like they got something different, and that it was worth it to come out on their time off, when they have to work the whole rest of the week. Now that I'm on the road all the time, time off is more valuable to me. So I figure I'd better make it worth their time.
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We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.
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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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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.
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Sometimes the only way is jumping; hope you’re not afraid of heights.
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I like to do the splits onstage
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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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There's always some amount of gradual, slow burning destruction over the course of partying.
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I don't take my clothes off in my videos
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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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I took a lot of time to open myself up to taking chances musically
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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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Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable.