South Africa gives me a perspective of what's real and what's not real. So I go back to South Africa to both lose myself and gain awareness of myself. Every time I go back, it doesn't take long for me to get caught into a very different thing. A very different sense of myself. Dave Matthews africaawarenessback share on social
There's war - there's always been war, as long as most of us have been alive. There have always been people being abused, there's always been horrible things in the world. Why are we outraged? We should just be quiet and figure it out, and work it out together. Dave Matthews abusealivefigure share on social
I think some people would say that I do overwhelm the words with the music, and sometimes thank goodness I do. Dave Matthews goodnessmusicoverwhelm Change image and share on social
The saddest part of the human race is we're obsessed with this idea of 'us and them,' which is really a no-win situation, whether it's racial, cultural, religious or political. Dave Matthews culturalhumanidea Change image and share on social
There's a freedom to being young that is harder to come by as time goes on. Dave Matthews freedomhardtime Change image and share on social
I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge. Dave Matthews destroyeconomyfailure Change image and share on social
I find a therapy in playing music, in many different ways. Dave Matthews findmusicplay Change image and share on social
I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting. Dave Matthews artistfairlyindulge Change image and share on social
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! Dave Matthews bedbedroombig share on social
