Dave Matthews

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

I find a therapy in playing music, in many different ways. ”

My songs are like a three-legged dog - you have to get to know them to have any love for them. ”

I use God in my songs a lot but I don't have a relationship. I don't know what that means. ”

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. ”

In so many areas of life, I'm a spaz and incompetent. ”

I've never been much of a craftsman, in an educated way. But I think just the experience of writing makes the avenues I follow a little more efficient in some ways. At the same time, when you're young, you're a little more fearless, and there's less of an internal critic. ”

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. ”

The idea that we're somehow centrally important to the planet's existence is pretty comical - although I'd like us to be. ”

I was regularly advised not to go into music, that I should give up that foolish dream. ”