South African - Musician | January 9, 1967 -
Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything.
Dave Matthews
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My songs are like a three-legged dog - you have to get to know them to have any love for them.
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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.
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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.
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A friend is always good to have, but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me.
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I think we should all talk to our enemies and talk to our friends. Talk! That's the only way we'll find solutions.
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I found there's a fairly blatant racism in America that's already there, and I don't think I noticed it when I lived here as a kid. But when I went back to South Africa, and then it's sort of thrust in your face, and then came back here - I just see it everywhere.
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Nothing is black or white, nothing's 'us or them.' But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope.
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Tomorrow is no place to place your better days.
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I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay.
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I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting.
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I don't think socialism, and I don't think warmness and respect are necessarily bad words.
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