Dave Matthews Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

A friend is always good to have, but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me.

Good music is good music, and everything else can go to hell.

How could I have been anyone other than me?

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.

I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge.

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

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.

Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything.

Tomorrow is no place to place your better days.

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!

You wear nothing but you wear it so well.

Trivia

Dave gained infamous notoriety in Chicago when after a concert, his tour bus driver emptied the bus' septic tank on a bridge over the Chicago River and onto a tour boat full of people.

Dave and The Dave Matthews Band sponsor many charities through the Bama Works fund. Charities often include those focused on helping underpriviledged children and environmental concerns.

Dave and his band performed a free charity concert at Central Park to benefit New York public schools.

Dave and his wife, Jennifer Ashley Harper, are the parents of twins Grace Anne and Stella Busina.

Before forming The Dave Matthews Band, Dave was a bartender at Miller's in Charlottesville, VA.

Dave has played guitar since he was nine years old.