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
For me, in songwriting, I have a route I can take. Maybe there's some forks, I can go this way, this way. But I know those roads. I still have the experience behind me.
I don't believe in trickle-down economics. I don't think that people who have the most are inclined to share it, generally.
First time I kissed you, I lost my legs.
Because one of the properties of music is to entertain and to, I don't mean this lightly, distract us from the things that pull us down. Music should be not only a source for political ideas but also a source of hope.
You seek up a big monster for him to fight your wars for you.
If at all God's gaze falls upon us all it's with a mischievous grin, look at him.
Would you like to play With the thought of a friend In a distant passing stage While you lie around With your hands up and out So resigned you will fall down.
I do still get shocked every once in a while when I catch my reflection when I'm walking past a glass building, but it's in my mind about getting older and finding out what I'm going to look like as it unfolds - or as it folds, depending on where the marks and scars land.
In so many areas of life, I'm a spaz and incompetent.
The idea that we're somehow centrally important to the planet's existence is pretty comical - although I'd like us to be.
So let us sleep outside tonight, Lay down in our mother's arms, for here we can rest safely.
When I look at how fortunate I've been, being a musician... my response to being overpaid is that I should pay it back to my community in some way.
Come and relax now, put your troubles down. No need to bear the weight of your worries, just let them all fall away.
Part of me wishes some of the more obsessive fans would spend a fraction of the time they spend studying the band.