Dave Matthews
Dave Matthews
David John "Dave" Matthews (born January 9, 1967 is a South African-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 lived in both South Africa and the United States while growing up. Matthews mainly plays acoustic guitar, which he started playing at the age of nine...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth9 January 1967
CityJohannesburg, South Africa
When I listen to my favorite songwriters, they have such simple melodies and chords. I occasionally manage to stop at the right time, but all too often I keep on going until I have way too many notes and words. But that's just what I do.
I know I have a very unusual style of playing, where other more recognized and technically proficient players might look at me and wonder what the heck I'm doing. The purpose of my learning to play the way I do was more to accompany my singing. I figured out a style where I'm mentally playing the drums over a simple melody.
The melodies are always the most important part to me. I am pulled more to the groove than the chord progression. After you find the groove, you find the most simple chord progressions and then sit inside that groove.
Lying on the roof counting the stars that fill the sky I wonder if Someone in the heavens looking back down on me I'll never know So much space to believe
Don't lose the dreams inside your head They'll only be there until you're dead Dream
Goodnight moon. Sweet dreams. Smile kindly upon this little blue gum ball of us while we sleep.
She thinks, "Hey, How did I come to this? I dream myself a thousand times around the world, But I can't get out of this place"
Remember that there are hundreds of thousands of things you can eat that are not cheese.
I find sometimes it's easy to be myself, sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else.
Every day things change, but basically they stay the same
I'm not going to change my ways just to please you, or appease you
Love, you drive me to distraction.
So I watched the Pink Panther last night, and so I'm trying desperately to be funny, and then it's just not working out so good... I wonder if maybe I could've been a comedian or something like that, or maybe I could've been a doctor, then I wouldn't have to make anyone laugh.
You seek up an emotion and your cup is overflowing, you seek up an emotion sometimes your well is dry