Gavin DeGraw Quotes
The early Billy Joel stuff I fell in love with, like Glass Houses, is a real rock record.
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Sundance is going to be a defining moment in my life. But the unfortunate thing about Sundance is, when you have a film there, you can't have the opportunity to see other films.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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I made all my generals out of mud.
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Nothing is unfilmable.
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Memorising my lines is actually something I do fairly well. I look at it a few times and it is pretty much there. When your shooting on TV, they do it in such a way that it is pretty easy.
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I'm not interested in just beautiful girls and beautiful clothes.
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People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
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I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.
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Whether I sound like Sammy or not is purely coincidence. You have got to hand it to him, he sings his ass off. There is no moss on that stone.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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I won't join another band again.
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In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
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I could live in a sari; I was born to wear a sari.
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Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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With 'Palo Alto' as the catalyst, I've surrounded myself with people that have kind of created a world where I can feel like I'm not gonna be judged for doing something that I want to do.
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Many years ago, in the throes of my struggles on the PGA Tour, I had difficulty even getting into pro-ams. I needed money, so I put together a 45-minute magic show I'd perform at corporate events surrounding the tournament.
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Winning the Royal Rumble is as big an accomplishment as anything.
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I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'
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My mind is stuffed with quotes. Lines, couplets, paragraphs, stanzas; Bessie Smith, Stevie Smith, Tin Pan Alley, rock and roll. They tease or lead or hurl me into a dream space of jostling languages that I need to bask in each day in order to write.
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The early Billy Joel stuff I fell in love with, like Glass Houses, is a real rock record.
