Quotes By Dave Matthews

We've never played at this place before. This place is big, and I'm kinda nervous, so we're going to make it feel small by pretending we're in a... bedroom. We'll hang off the edge of the bed, take off our shoes and get naked!

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

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.

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'm a very vicious critic of myself.

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.

It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way and to put the lives of so many civilians on the line for the misguided frustrations of the Bush administration.