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
Dave Matthews quotes about
I haven't really experienced as much of a loss of privacy as maybe it would seem from the outside,
Things are starting to turn into a windfall for us. We don't take these firsts for granted.
He's a great player. He's playing more direct roots music. I think his music's great, you can relax to him.
I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay.
In many instances, we are much better at fixing our mistakes after we've made them. In some situations, it is easier to sweep things under the rug and forget about them.
I always like to have an atlas just so that I can find things out. It's always good to have an almanac; those sort of things.
A dream is a massive magic trick of the mind. No amount of science could explain away the mysterious wonder.
We spend a lot of time bickering at great cost, and very little time actually coming up with solutions. And I think we misuse our ambition for our own gains and rarely for the betterment of ourselves, and people around us and our environment. And I think that's sort of pathetic and desperate.
Some might tell you there's no hope in hand Just because they feel hopeless But you don't have to be a thing like that You be a ship in a bottle set sail
We have to be active about kindness and about peace. I've always fantasized that it would be great if there was a Department of Peace.
A friend is always good to have, but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me.
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.
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.
The idea of God as a fatherly figure who looks down on us and worries about how we're doing or takes sides when we have fights - it's more irritating than Santa Claus. The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there's not a puppet master.