Dave Matthews Quotes

You know, why at the end of your life should you assemble thousands of pages of 'Why am I so sad, why am I so depressed?' Instead, assemble thousands of pages of why you're so content.

I might be needy, competitive and desperate but it's far better than being wet.

It's almost impossible to reconcile the realities of how one feels during the day, hour by hour. But I approach things not cynically.

I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad.

I was raised in an atmosphere of 'everything's fine.' But as I got older, I was like, 'Well no, everything's not fine. There is stuff that's sad.' I am a really sensitive person. I think I am too sensitive sometimes.

We are never happy until we learn to laugh at ourselves.

It would be a lie to say that I don't care what people say about me. Every human being cares unless they're nuts. Am I nuts? But you can't allow that to override your mission.

I don't have a lot of shame. That doesn't mean I can't feel bad about the way someone reacts to me or about something I read about myself online. But I don't have a lot of guilt, no. I've always been this way. I'm missing a chip.

Just trying to keep going. Just try to stay in the present the best I can. Not get too big-headed or too down on myself.

I try not to get too self-absorbed.

Have a good sense of perspective and be able to snap yourself out of bad moods, as we often wind ourselves up about the silliest things.

I don't think that I'm broken at all. I no longer think that I'm a mess. I just think I'm a deeply feeling person in a messy world.

My fascination is not for cinema; it's for human nature and human beings because I find it quite difficult being one at times.

You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.

The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.

I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.

I am president and do not have the right to give in to emotions. I have bad moods, very bad moods, but I never feel despair.

I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism.

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

Be happy. Don't make a Vine about, like, something not that happy.

I think sometimes people project things on you, but I'm trying to handle everything that's happened to me with a certain amount of grace, dignity and good manners. You just can't necessarily win all the time.

I'm not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.

I don't really like being emotional. Public displays of emotion, I don't really do that sort of stuff. I don't know why. I would like to be the type that doesn't worry about that.