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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

Topics: Bed Bedroom Before Big Edge Feel Get Going Hang Kinda Make Naked Nervous Never Off Our Place Played Pretending Shoes Small Take

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How could I have been anyone other than me?

~Dave Matthews

Topics: Anyone Been Could How Me Other Than

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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

Topics: Africa Back Get Go Guessing Least Month More Older Once Once A Year Sometimes South South Africa Spend Time Twice Year

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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

Topics: Africa Awareness Back Both Caught Different Different Thing Every Every Time Gain Get Gives Go Long Lose Me Myself Perspective Real Sense South South Africa Take Thing Time Very

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Being a white South African, I enjoyed the better things that that country gave to a small percentage of its population.

~Dave Matthews

Topics: African Being Better Better Things Country Enjoyed Gave Percentage Population Small South South African Things White

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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.

~Dave Matthews

Topics: Enemies Find Friends Only Our Should Solutions Talk Think Way I Think

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I don't believe in trickle-down economics. I don't think that people who have the most are inclined to share it, generally.

~Dave Matthews

Topics: Believe Economics Generally Inclined Most People Share Think Who

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I hope that just what I sing about and how I relate to my audience is as much of a political statement as I need to make.

~Dave Matthews

Topics: About Audience Hope How Just Make Much Need Political Political Statement Relate Sing Statement I Hope That

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We give the podium to a lot of people who shouldn't have the podium. The message that's delivered the loudest and in the most entertaining way is the one that we're going to put on because that's what we want. We want ratings more than we want to deliver information. That's just where the culture's gotten.

~Dave Matthews

Topics: Because Culture Deliver Delivered Entertaining Give Going Gotten Information Just Lot Loudest Message More Most People Podium Put Ratings Than Want Way Where Who

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I don't think socialism, and I don't think warmness and respect are necessarily bad words.

~Dave Matthews

Topics: Bad Necessarily Respect Socialism Think Words

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Biography

Nationality: South African

Type: Musician

Born: January 9th, 1967

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