Quotes by Dave Matthews

About Dave Matthews:

David John is a South-African-born American singer-songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. Matthews was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and moved to Westchester County, New York at the age of 2. Matthews mainly plays acoustic guitar, which he started playing at age 9.
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I use God in my songs a lot but I don't have a relationship. I don't know what that means.

Dave Matthews

In so many areas of life, I'm a spaz and incompetent.

Dave Matthews

My songs are like a three-legged dog - you have to get to know them to have any love for them.

Dave Matthews

Tomorrow is no place to place your better days.

Dave Matthews

I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay.

Dave Matthews

I can't believe that we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well. I can't believe that we would lie in our graves dreaming of things that we might have been.

Dave Matthews

How could I have been anyone other than me?

Dave Matthews

I don't believe in trickle-down economics. I don't think that people who have the most are inclined to share it, generally.

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We give the podium to a lot of people who shouldn't have the podium. The message that's delivered the loudest and in the most entertaining way is the one that we're going to put on because that's what we want. We want ratings more than we want to del...

Dave Matthews

I'm a bit of a caveman - I don't go out into the digital space very often. I lie facedown on the grass and count how many bugs I can find.

Dave Matthews

I'm familiar with that feeling of silence that comes with a very imminent catastrophe, when you know you have absolutely no control over a situation.

Dave Matthews

I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting.

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The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there's not a puppet master.

Dave Matthews

I'm partly obsessed by aging gracefully.

Dave Matthews

The saddest part of the human race is we're obsessed with this idea of 'us and them,' which is really a no-win situation, whether it's racial, cultural, religious or political.

Dave Matthews

The idea that we're somehow centrally important to the planet's existence is pretty comical - although I'd like us to be.

Dave Matthews

We look to our leaders once we elect them to either lead us in the right direction or at least not crush us.

Dave Matthews

I found there's a fairly blatant racism in America that's already there, and I don't think I noticed it when I lived here as a kid. But when I went back to South Africa, and then it's sort of thrust in your face, and then came back here - I just see ...

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So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us. Because the planet doesn't need to be saved. It doesn't care if all the squirrels, elephants, and t...

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I do still get shocked every once in a while when I catch my reflection when I'm walking past a glass building, but it's in my mind about getting older and finding out what I'm going to look like as it unfolds - or as it folds, depending on where the...

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I think we should all talk to our enemies and talk to our friends. Talk! That's the only way we'll find solutions.

Dave Matthews

Author Bio

  • NameDave Matthews
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter, musician and actor
  • BornJanuary 9, 1967
  • CountrySouth Africa; United States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Musician; Songwriter; Guitarist