Gavin DeGraw
November 13, 2003
Interviewers: Jennifer F. and Jesica Fowler |
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HV: Do you have any interesting stories
from the road or crazy fan stories?
Gavin: No!
HV: No crazy, stalker experiences or anything?
Gavin: Well, people keep giving me Krispy Kremes.
HV: And you don't know why they're doing this?
Gavin: I think I said once that I liked
Krispy Kremes, now everyone gives me Krispy Kremes.
HV: If you could tour with any band who would it be?
Gavin: The Beatles.
HV: Do you have a favorite or least favorite
place to play?
Gavin: A grocery store.
HV: As your least favorite?
Gavin: Yeah.
HV: You've played in a grocery store?
Gavin: No, but I imagine it would be
horrible... I don't think I have any least favorite
places. I just like to play live.
HV: And the audiences all over have been responding well?
Gavin: Yeah.
HV: What's your favorite part of being a musician?
Gavin: I just like playing. I'd be happy playing
at home. I'm happy playing for people. I just like playing.
HV: What's the first band you saw live?
Gavin: Van Halen, I think.
HV: How old were you?
Gavin: I think I was 13 or 14.
HV: It was a good experience?
Gavin: Yeah, it was great. I think it
was a festival thing.
HV: What job would you be doing if you
weren't a musician?
Gavin: I don't know, that's hard
to say. I might go back to college, but I don't
know for what.
HV: What did you go to college for?
Gavin: I mostly went for music... But
I maybe would finish college or go to law
school. Maybe I'd go to medical school and be
a doctor or something. It's hard to tell. But there
are always federal loans out there to help you go
to school. There's always a grant somewhere, you
just have to look for it.
HV: What are you currently listening to?
Gavin: A lot of old country, old soul. I
like all that stuff.
HV: Any particular bands?
Gavin: Sure. I really like Hank Williams. Marvin
Gaye, I've been listening to.
HV: What do you do on tour in your spare time?
Gavin: Play football. When we get off
the bus, I like to play football. On the bus, a
lot of writing. There's not much to do, you're trapped
on a bus with a bunch of guys talking about your
antiperspirant problems.
HV: Is there something about you that would surprise
people if they knew?
Gavin: I don't know what would surprise
people. I'm pretty normal. I guess I like to please
people; I like to make people happy. But I don't
know if people would be surprised by that.
HV: What's your earliest or most
memorable childhood memory?
Gavin: I was at my uncle's farm once
and I remember he told me not to look the dog in
the eye, and I did, and he bit me right in the face.
HV: How old were you?
Gavin: I was four.
HV: Did you have to get stitches?
Gavin: Not that time, but another dog bit
me later, and I had to get stitches then. He bit
me and his tooth came here, under my eye and just
ripped it, and the bottom tooth came in here (cheek)
and just ripped and took my face off, so I had
to get stitches for that one.
HV: How old were you then?
Gavin: Fourteen.
HV: Do you have any guilty pleasures?
Gavin: Sure. I just like to go to bars. I
like hanging out with my guy friends at bars. I like wasting
time. One of my favorite things to do is procrastinate.
But I'm pretty normal, I like hanging out, shooting pool.
HV: All right, that's all our questions, thanks! |
