Dave Matthews Quotes, Thoughts and images

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

Turns out, not where, but who you're with that really matters.

Take what you can from your dreams, Make them as real as anything...

Because life is short but sweet for certain

Tomorrow is no place to place your better days.

Always walk where you like your steps.

How could I have been anyone other than me?

When I don't say a word and you know exactly what I mean.

What I want is what I've not got, but what I need is all around me.

We have to do much more than believe if we really want to change things.

Troubles, they may come and go, but good times, they're the gold.

I hate to admit it, but we're badass.

Don’t you rob yourself of what you’re feeling; don’t rob yourself of all that you could be.

If you live life, then you become what are.

I'm only this far, and only tomorrow leads my way.

If you hold on tight to what you think is your thing you may find you re missing all the rest

Don't burn the day away...

I'm not going to change my ways just to please you, or appease you.

Life it seems a struggle between what we think and what we see

Don't lose the dreams inside your head They'll only be there until you're dead Dream

I believe in love, but believe it's love that keeps beating me down.

Six senses keeping Five around a sense of self

Everything good needs replacing

A dream is a massive magic trick of the mind. No amount of science could explain away the mysterious wonder.

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.

Dark clouds may hang on me sometimes, but I'll work it out.

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

Would you not like to be, sittin' on top of the world with your legs hanging free?

My voice is soft, but oh, my heart roars!

It's a melting pot, southern Africa. You find these cultural collisions that result in art and music, and it's pretty amazing.

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

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.

Every day things change, but basically they stay the same.

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

A friend is always good to have, but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me.

In your eyes, I see what's on my mind.

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.

Just knowing that the world is round Here I'm dancing on the ground Am I right side up or upside down? Is this real or am I dreaming?

I don't think everything is going to get peachy ever. But I think we have to fight for what we believe in.

Love, you drive me to distraction.

Part of me wishes some of the more obsessive fans would spend a fraction of the time they spend studying the band.

And when you wake, you will fly away, holding tight to the legs of all your angels. Goodbye, my love, into your blue, blue eyes.

I use God in my songs a lot but I don't have a relationship. I don't know what that means.

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

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.

I don't want to die, obviously, but really, the wonder of life is amplified by the fact that it ends.

When I step into the light My arms are open wide When I step into the light My eyes searching wildly

Keep it locked up inside Don't talk about it Talk about the weather Can't see the light

I say my hell is the closet I'm stuck inside.

Why won't you run in the rain and play, let the tears splash all over you?

So let us sleep outside tonight, Lay down in our mother's arms, for here we can rest safely.

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

What in the world would I sing for if I had it all?

I was just wondering if you'd come along to hold up my head when my head won't hold on.