Top 193 Quotes & Sayings by Dave Matthews - Page 2

I was regularly advised not to go into music, that I should give up that foolish dream.

It's funny, I get a little quieter with time. I don't want to chase my tail and one day repeat myself and repeat myself and one day have kids going to college and not have memories that I should, because I was too busy doing my thing.

I never went to college - I barely got out of high school.

I'm from a very politically and socially conscious family. My mother always made a point of making us look at what was going on around us and take stock of our part in it.

When I write the set, I try to create something that will not only be interesting for the audience, but will have a flow for the band, too, so we don't get boring.

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

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

Don't convince yourself you're over, don't convince yourself you're done, just because the things around you seem heavy, doesn't mean you can't get off this ground.

Excuse me please, one more drink Could you make it strong cause I don't need to think She broke my heart, my grace is gone One more drink and I'll move on.

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

Because life is short but sweet for certain

Are you looking for answers, to questions under the stars? If along the way you are growing weary, You can rest with me until a brighter day It's okay

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

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

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

Look, Here are we On this starry night staring into space. And I must say I feel as small as dust Lying down here. What point could there be troubling? Head down wondering what will Become of me, Why concern we cannot see But no reason to abandon it. Time is short but that's all right, Maybe I'll go in the middle of the night. Take your hands from your eyes, my love, Everything must end some time, Don't burn the day away.

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

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

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.

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

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?

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

Lying on the roof counting the stars that fill the sky I wonder if Someone in the heavens looking back down on me I'll never know So much space to believe

Come and relax now, put your troubles down. No need to bear the weight of your worries, just let them all fall away.

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

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

Always walk where you like your steps.

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

But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world, and there's incredible acts of kindness and bravery and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope.

If you've got a question just get in line 'Cause my intentions are to make you mine I'll take care of everything All you need, friend, is right here ..... And if you're lost I will find your way Give me your soul, friend, it's okay

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

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

You crush me with the things you do, I do for anything too...each moment the more I love you.

If you live life, then you become what are.

I'll be back 'round again, yes, I'll walk in time with you, old friend. And we'll find that place that we had danced in so long ago.

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

I think we have to be active in teaching our children, and teaching each other. 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. We have a military, but what if there was a department devoted entirely and truthfully to finding peaceful resolutions?

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

My reaction to Radiohead isn't as simple as jealousy. Jealousy just burns; Radiohead infuriate me. But if it were only that, I wouldn't go back and listen to those records again and again. Listening to Radiohead makes me fell like I'm a Salieri to their Mozart. Yorke's lyrics make me want to give up. I could never in my wildest dreams find something as beautiful as they find for a single song - let alone album after album.

I grew up in a very politically aware family. My mother always taught me to question everything, never believing anything simply at face value - especially the nicest, most adamant politicians.

The problem is someone will try to convince you That they know the answer no matter the question Be wary of those who believe in a neat little world 'Cause it's just ..... crazy - you know that it is

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.

When you can no longer differentiate between the insanity spewed onto the blank page, and the madness evident in the all-but shattered mirror...that's when you know you're doing it right.

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

To change the world It starts with one step However small First step is hardest of all.

Oh look at how she listens She says nothing of what she thinks She just goes stumbling through her memories Staring out on to Grey Street

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

I'm glad some people have that faith. I don't have that faith. If there is a God, a caring God, then we have to figure he's done an extraordinary job of making a very cruel world.

So why would you care To get out of this place? You and me and all our friends, Such a happy human race. Eat, drink and be merry, For tomorrow we die.

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

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

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

Don't burn the day away...

Nothing is here to stay Everything has to begin and end A ship in a bottle won't sail All we can do is dream that the wind will blow us across the water A ship in a bottle set sail

Love, you drive me to distraction.

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

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

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

One sweet world Around this star is spinning One sweet world And in her breath I'm swimming And here we will rest in peace

I like to think I'm a night person, because that's my job, but now I'm a father of three. I'm trying to become more of a morning person. I don't know if it will last. I have two choices, right? Either I'm bitter about getting up early, or I start drinking wine earlier and get to bed.