Take these chances — Dave Matthews

"Oh! We already, we done already done it, done it, dammit! I could you know, like, sing a thing, and then not sing it for a little while, and then sing it again... and people would be like, "Whyd he sing that again?"

"Thats the magic of this band: shooting from the hip. The lights have to follow our cues, because were not going to follow their cues. Were not going to stick to a song the way its supposed to be. Everything is up to us. Thats music to me. Thats American music. Were an American band."

"You seek up a big monster for him to fight your wars for you."

"Crazy how it feels tonight Crazy how you make it all alright love You crush me with the things you do And I do for you anything too."

"Theres often a lot of stupid ideas like "you all dress as fruits and pretend youre selling underpants" or "well put you on a bed of nails and drive a truck over the top and photograph you" for the cover."

"Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything."

"In the life of the mass-order, the culture of the generality tends to conform to the demands of the average human being. Spirituality decays through being diffused among the masses when knowledge is impoverished in every possible way by rationalisation until it becomes accessible to the crude understanding of all."

"I say this to you because we Spaniards are a forgetful people, because we are used to living for the moment, because we do not look back, because we do not know how to see the chain of heroes, because we do not contemplate the sum of sacrifices."

"Sharon Tate was my best friend. Once, we were roommates. She introduced me to my husband. She was the godmother to my baby daughter who is named for her. In the six years time that I knew her, she never said an unkind word about anyone."

"Long time to see. (VS: Tapion)"

"Most mathematicians prove what they can, von Neumann proves what he wants." Once in a discussion about the rapid growth of mathematics in modern times, von Neumann was heard to remark that whereas thirty years ago a mathematician could grasp all of mathematics, that is impossible today. Someone asked him: "What percentage of all mathematics might a person aspire to understand today?" Von Neumann went into one of his five-second thinking trances, and said: "About 28 percent."

"Children must be free to think in all directions irrespective of the peculiar ideas of parents who often seal their childrens minds with preconceived prejudices and false concepts of past generations. Unless we are very careful, very careful indeed, and very conscientious, there is still great danger that our children may turn out to be the same kind of people we are."