The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there's not a puppet master. Dave Matthews More Quotes by Dave Matthews More Quotes From Dave Matthews I go back to South Africa at least once a year, sometimes twice, and usually for a month. And probably, I'm guessing, I'll spend more time back there as I get older. Dave Matthews guessing months years Come and relax now, put your troubles down. No need to bear the weight of your worries, just let them all fall away. Dave Matthews relax worry fall I guess, and it may be a flaw, that I think about rhythm more [than anything else]. I'm always wanting to find something unusual. I've started to try and write more traditionally, but for whatever reason, I tend toward trying to find something that sounds more like a pattern to me. Dave Matthews guitar writing thinking Keep it locked up inside Dave Matthews locked-up light weather When I step into the light Dave Matthews arms light eye I am who I am who I am who am I Requesting some enlightenment Could I have been anyone other than me? Dave Matthews i-am-who-i-am enlightenment who-i-am Well, I've been in a few car wrecks. Dave Matthews wrecks wells car My voice is soft, but oh, my heart roars! Dave Matthews voice serious heart Tomorrow is no place to place your better days. Dave Matthews better-days tomorrow reality Life goes on, end of tunnel, TV set Dave Matthews tunnels goes-on life I walk into this room Dave Matthews eye giving people 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. Dave Matthews angel eye goodbye 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. Dave Matthews political mean ideas Would you not like to be, sittin' on top of the world with your legs hanging free? Dave Matthews top-of-the-world legs world 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. Dave Matthews forks songwriting way The idea that we're somehow centrally important to the planet's existence is pretty comical - although I'd like us to be. Dave Matthews planets important ideas I think I am a very kind person. I think I'm joyful, but I could be kinder and I could be more joyful. I do believe peace is a state of grace, and not the absence of violence. Dave Matthews grace believe thinking We look to our leaders once we elect them to either lead us in the right direction or at least not crush us. Dave Matthews crush leader looks Nine planets round the sun, only one does the sun embrace. Upon this watered one, so much we take for granted; So let us sleep outside tonight, lay down in our mother's arms, for here we can rest safely ... One sweet world around a star is spinning One sweet world And in her breath I'm swimming, and here we will rest in peace. Dave Matthews rest-in-peace mother sweet I never went to college - I barely got out of high school. Dave Matthews high-school college school
