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" 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

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

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" A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other... maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever. "

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" It's a melting pot, southern Africa. You find these cultural collisions that result in art and music, and it's pretty amazing. "

" I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting. "

" 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. Because the planet doesn't need to be saved. It doesn't care if all the squirrels, elephants, and trees die and there's just a couple of amoebas floating around at the poles. "

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