Dave Matthews Quotes

David John Matthews is a South African-born American singer, songwriter, musician, actor and record label owner, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. Matthews was born in Johannesburg, and moved frequently between South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States while growing up. Matthews started playing acoustic guitar at the age of nine.

From 1991 to 2003, Matthews predominantly focused on songwriting and performing with the Dave Matthews Band, which he started in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. Since then, he has also done various solo performances and produced other records. During the period from 2000 to 2010, his band sold more tickets and earned more money than any other act in North America. The band's 2012 album Away from the World made them the only group to have six consecutive studio albums debut at number one on the Billboard charts. This record was extended to seven consecutive number one albums with the 2018 release, Come Tomorrow.

In addition to music, Matthews has had multiple acting roles. He has also won two Grammy Awards: one with the Dave Matthews Band in 1997 for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group – "So Much to Say" and one in 2004 for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance – "Gravedigger" from his solo album. Wikipedia  

✵ 9. January 1967
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Famous Dave Matthews Quotes

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

One Sweet World
Remember Two Things (1993)

“You seek up a big monster for him to fight your wars for you.”

Seek Up
Remember Two Things (1993)

Dave Matthews Quotes about love

“Move into kiss those sweet sugar lips, baby looks just like love.”

Busted Stuff
Busted Stuff (2002)

“Lying under this spell you cast on me
Each moment
The more I love you.”

Crush
Before These Crowded Streets (1998)

“Without hatred where's the light?
Without darkness where's the love?”

JTR
The Lillywhite Sessions (2001)

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“That's the magic of this band: shooting from the hip. The lights have to follow our cues, because we're not going to follow their cues. We're not going to stick to a song the way it's supposed to be. Everything is up to us. That's music to me. That's American music. We're an American band.”

Dave Matthews, Rolling Stone interview "The Boys of Summer" (June 16, 2005). Eliscu, Jenny (2005). "The Boys of Summer" http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/davematthewsband/articles/story/7371942/the_boys_of_summer Rolling Stone (accessed June 19. 2006)

“I need so.. to be in your arms, see your smile, hold you close.”

The Stone
Before These Crowded Streets (1998)

“You know she's gonna leave my broken heart behind her.”

Busted Stuff
Busted Stuff (2002)

Dave Matthews Quotes

“Our good friend LeRoi Moore passed on and gave up his ghost today, and we will miss him forever.”

Concert the night of Moore's death. http://www.nme.com/news/dave-matthews-band/39071 (2008)

“It all comes down to nothing…”

Typical Situation
Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)

“I will go in this way
Oh and I'll find my own way out.”

#41
Crash (1996)

“The road to you is long, and I've been on it for a while.”

#40
Listener Supported (1999)

“Don't you know when you give life, then you become what you are?”

What You Are
Everyday (2001)

“There's often a lot of stupid ideas like "you all dress as fruits and pretend you're selling underpants" or "we'll put you on a bed of nails and drive a truck over the top and photograph you" for the cover.”

Q&A: The Dave Matthews Band, interview by Richard Deitsch on CNN.com http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/richard_deitsch/07/21/media.circus/index.html

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

Seek Up
Remember Two Things (1993)

“I am who I am who I am who am I
Requesting some enlightenment
Could I have been anyone other than me?”

Dancing Nancies
Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)

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

Jimi Thing
Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)

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

The Best Of What's Around
Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)

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

Pantala Naga Pampa
Before These Crowded Streets (1998)

“Leave the big door open, everyone'll come around…”

Typical Situation
Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)

“A rolling stone, that gathers no moss, but leaves a trail of busted stuff.”

Busted Stuff
Busted Stuff (2002)

“The future is no place to place your better days.”

Cry Freedom
Crash (1996)

“Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything.”

Grey Street
Busted Stuff (2002)

“Don't burn the day away.”

Pig
Before These Crowded Streets (1998)

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