Dave Matthews Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Love, you drive me to distraction.

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

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 find sometimes it's easy to be myself, sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else.

Remember that there are hundreds of thousands of things you can eat that are not cheese.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Everything good needs replacing

Six senses keeping Five around a sense of self

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

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

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

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

Don't burn the day away...

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

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

If you live life, then you become what are.

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

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

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

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

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

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

How could I have been anyone other than me?

Always walk where you like your steps.

Tomorrow is no place to place your better days.

Because life is short but sweet for certain

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

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

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