Dave Matthews quotes - page 4

I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge. (Dave Matthews)

Being able to scream at the top of my lungs in front of people is very therapeutic. It is a great gift for me to be able to do that.

Dave Matthews

Because one of the properties of music is to entertain and to, I don't mean this lightly, distract us from the things that pull us down. Music should be not only a source for political ideas but also a source of hope.

Dave Matthews

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 deliver information. That's just where the culture's gotten.

Dave Matthews

I hope that just what I sing about and how I relate to my audience is as much of a political statement as I need to make.

Dave Matthews

I'm from a very politically and socially conscious family. My mother always made a point of making us look at what was going on around us and take stock of our part in it.

Dave Matthews

Well, I've been in a few car wrecks.

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

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 it everywhere.

Dave Matthews

I've never been much of a craftsman, in an educated way. But I think just the experience of writing makes the avenues I follow a little more efficient in some ways. At the same time, when you're young, you're a little more fearless, and there's less of an internal critic.

Dave Matthews

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. (Dave Matthews)

For me, in songwriting, I have a route I can take. Maybe there's some forks, I can go this way, this way. But I know those roads. I still have the experience behind me.

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

Dave Matthews

I don't think socialism, and I don't think warmness and respect are necessarily bad words.

Dave Matthews

Being a white South African, I enjoyed the better things that that country gave to a small percentage of its population.

Dave Matthews

I never went to college - I barely got out of high school.

Dave Matthews

I think some people would say that I do overwhelm the words with the music, and sometimes thank goodness I do.

Dave Matthews

I was regularly advised not to go into music, that I should give up that foolish dream.

Dave Matthews

I'm a very vicious critic of myself.

Dave Matthews

Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too. (Dave Matthews)

I go back to South Africa at least once a year, sometimes twice, and usually for a month. And probably, I'm guessing, I'll spend more time back there as I get older.

Dave Matthews

I find a therapy in playing music, in many different ways.

Dave Matthews

Nothing is black or white, nothing's 'us or them.' But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope.

Dave Matthews

It's funny, I get a little quieter with time. I don't want to chase my tail and one day repeat myself and repeat myself and one day have kids going to college and not have memories that I should, because I was too busy doing my thing.

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