South African - Musician | January 9, 1967 -
So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us. Because the planet doesn't need to be saved. It doesn't care if all the squirrels, elephants, and trees die and there's just a couple of amoebas floating around at the poles.
Dave Matthews
LiveTreesCareDieWayTalk
We look to our leaders once we elect them to either lead us in the right direction or at least not crush us.
DirectionLookRightLeadCrushUs
I do still get shocked every once in a while when I catch my reflection when I'm walking past a glass building, but it's in my mind about getting older and finding out what I'm going to look like as it unfolds - or as it folds, depending on where the marks and scars land.
ReflectionGetting OlderPastMind
A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other... maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever.
GirlTimeFriendsFallLateWrong
The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there's not a puppet master.
WorldUniverseMoreMasterWonderful
Good music is good music, and everything else can go to hell.
GoodMusicHellGoEverythingElse
I'm a bit of a caveman - I don't go out into the digital space very often. I lie facedown on the grass and count how many bugs I can find.
LieSpaceFindI CanGoGrass
I think I'm probably a very sad man wrapped in a very joyful package, and I think I'm very resilient, and I think I'm quite generous, sometimes to a fault. And I'm very bad with money, but I don't see that too much of a flaw.
SadMoneyManThinkBadToo Much
There's a freedom to being young that is harder to come by as time goes on.
FreedomTimeYoungBeingComeGoes
I want to figure out a way to not be stupid with money, then make a whole bunch of it, then I want to move to Outer Mongolia. I want to milk a yak. Maybe I'll just settle for a cow. Can you milk a bison?
MoneyStupidYouCowWantMilk
I can't believe that we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well. I can't believe that we would lie in our graves dreaming of things that we might have been.
LieBelieveLivingDaysDreaming
I think some people would say that I do overwhelm the words with the music, and sometimes thank goodness I do.
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