Top 160 Dave Matthews Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “To change the world, Start with one step. However small, the first step is hardest of all.”

— Dave Matthews

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

— Dave Matthews

3. “Because life is short but sweet for certain.”

— Dave Matthews

4. “Don’t burn the day away.”

— Dave Matthews

5. “Turns out, not where, but who you’re with that really matters.”

— Dave Matthews

6. “Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we’ll die.”

— Dave Matthews

7. “I’ll lean on you and you lean on me and we’ll be okay.”

— Dave Matthews

8. “I will go in this way And find my own way out.”

— Dave Matthews

9. “Everyday should be a good day to die.”

— Dave Matthews

10. “What I want is what I’ve not got, but what I need is all around me.”

— Dave Matthews

11. “Tomorrow is no place to place your better days.”

— Dave Matthews

12. “Every day things change, but basically they stay the same.”

— Dave Matthews

13. “Dark clouds may hang on me sometimes, but I’ll work it out...”

— Dave Matthews

14. “Don’t lose the dreams inside your head They’ll only be there until you’re dead Dream.”

— Dave Matthews

15. “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.”

— Dave Matthews

16. “Come and relax now, put your troubles down. No need to bear the weight of your worries, just let them all fall away.”

— Dave Matthews

17. “I’m only this far, and only tomorrow leads my way.”

— Dave Matthews

18. “Troubles, they may come and go, but good times, they’re the gold.”

— Dave Matthews

19. “Lying on the roof counting the stars that fill the sky I wonder if Someone in the heavens looking back down on me I’ll never know So much space to believe.”

— Dave Matthews

20. “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.”

— Dave Matthews

21. “She feels like kicking out all the windows And setting fire to this life She could change everything about her using colors bold and bright But all the colors mix together – to grey.”

— Dave Matthews

22. “Oh look at how she listens She says nothing of what she thinks She just goes stumbling through her memories Staring out on to Grey Street.”

— Dave Matthews

23. “Love, you drive me to distraction.”

— Dave Matthews

24. “I was just wondering if you’d come along to hold up my head when my head won’t hold on.”

— Dave Matthews

25. “Don’t you rob yourself of what you’re feeling; don’t rob yourself of all that you could be.”

— Dave Matthews

26. “Just knowing that the world is round Here I’m dancing on the ground Am I right side up or upside down? Is this real or am I dreaming?”

— Dave Matthews

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27. “I hate to admit it, but we’re badass.”

— Dave Matthews

28. “Always walk where you like your steps.”

— Dave Matthews

29. “In your eyes, I see what’s on my mind.”

— Dave Matthews

30. “If I go before I’m old, Oh brother of mine please don’t forget me if I go. Bartender please, fill my glass for me? With the wine you gave Jesus that set him free, after three days in the ground.”

— Dave Matthews

31. “Excuse me please, one more drink Could you make it strong cause I don’t need to think She broke my heart, my grace is gone One more drink and I’ll move on.”

— Dave Matthews

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32. “If you hold on tight to what you think is your thing you may find you re missing all the rest.”

— Dave Matthews

33. “We have to be active about kindness and about peace. I’ve always fantasized that it would be great if there was a Department of Peace.”

— Dave Matthews

34. “Out of the darkness comes light like a flash You think you can, you think you can Sometimes that is the problem Dream little darling dream.”

— Dave Matthews

35. “Do what you will, always Walk where you like, your steps Do as you please, I’ll back you up. I remember thinking sometimes we walk sometimes we run away But I know no matter how fast we are running Somehow we keep Somehow we keep up with each other.”

— Dave Matthews

36. “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.”

— Dave Matthews

37. “I’ll be back ’round again, yes, I’ll walk in time with you, old friend. And we’ll find that place that we had danced in so long ago.”

— Dave Matthews

38. “The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there’s not a puppet master.”

— Dave Matthews

39. “We have to do much more than believe if we really want to change things.”

— Dave Matthews

40. “The reason I play music is to touch people – for selfish reasons, as well. It feels good to make someone else feel something, whether it’s a kiss, a painting, good idea or it’s a song.”

— Dave Matthews

41. “Nothing is here to stay Everything has to begin and end A ship in a bottle won’t sail All we can do is dream that the wind will blow us across the water A ship in a bottle set sail.”

— Dave Matthews

42. “When I step into the light My arms are open wide When I step into the light My eyes searching wildly.”

— Dave Matthews

43. “I’m not going to change my ways just to please you, or appease you.”

— Dave Matthews

44. “Everything good needs replacing.”

— Dave Matthews

45. “One sweet world Around this star is spinning One sweet world And in her breath I’m swimming And here we will rest in peace.”

— Dave Matthews

46. “I say my hell is the closet I’m stuck inside.”

— Dave Matthews

47. “So I wonder this, as life billows smoke inside my head This little game where nothing is sure Why would you play by the rules? Who did? You did. You...”

— Dave Matthews

48. “She runs up into the light surprised Her arms are opened Her mind’s eye is Seeing things from a better side than most can dream.”

— Dave Matthews

49. “Leave the big door open, everyone’ll come around...”

— Dave Matthews

50. “Funny the way it is, not right or wrong, somebody’s heart is broken, and it becomes your favorite song.”

— Dave Matthews