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
I think some people would say that I do overwhelm the words with the music, and sometimes thank goodness I do.
I never went to college - I barely got out of high school.
I find a therapy in playing music, in many different ways.
I don't think everything is going to get peachy ever. But I think we have to fight for what we believe in.
Being a white South African, I enjoyed the better things that that country gave to a small percentage of its population.
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 fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge.
I don't think socialism, and I don't think warmness and respect are necessarily bad words.
I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting.
I'm a bit of a caveman - I don't go out into the digital space very often. I lie facedown on the grass and count how many bugs I can find.
I'm familiar with that feeling of silence that comes with a very imminent catastrophe, when you know you have absolutely no control over a situation.
Good music is good music, and everything else can go to hell.
There's a freedom to being young that is harder to come by as time goes on.
I'm partly obsessed by aging gracefully.