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I'm familiar with that feeling of silence that comes with a very imminent catastrophe, when you know you have absolutely no control over a situation. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#catastrophe #comes #control #familiar #feeling

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

— Dave Matthews

#al #destroy #economy #failure #fear

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

#economics #generally #i #inclined #most

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. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#bush #bush administration #civilians #criminal #frustrations

So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#here #live #mean #often #planet

The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there's not a puppet master. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#master #more #puppet #universe #wonderful

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news? ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#change #forever #good #good news #life

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

#culture #deliver #delivered #entertaining #give

When I listen to my favorite songwriters, they have such simple melodies and chords. I occasionally manage to stop at the right time, but all too often I keep on going until I have way too many notes and words. But that's just what I do. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#favorite #going #i #i do #just

When I'm in the field, when I'm working, I keep very careful notes. I wear big shirts with big breast pockets, and I carry in them two little spiral notebooks. ↗

— Peter Matthiessen

#careful #carry #field #i #keep