J. B. Matthews Quotes

Keep it locked up inside Don't talk about it Talk about the weather Can't see the light

Oh, man, oh how I wish I didn't smoke or drink to reason with my head.

Everyday should be a good day to die

You seek up an emotion and your cup is overflowing, you seek up an emotion sometimes your well is dry

I definitely like the oddballs. There's a song called 'Little Thing,' which is the only song that I have recorded that has no words. And it's the one that I get past my critic inside me.

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

Is this not enough? This blessed sip of life Is it not enough? Staring down at the ground Then complain and pray for more from above Greedy little pig

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

I never went to college - I barely got out of high school.

I swear by now I'm playing time against my troubles I'm coming slow but speeding

For a moment this good time would never end You and me Just wasting time I was kissing you You were kissing me love From good day into a moonlight

Take these chances Place them in a box until a quieter time Lights down, you up and die

Being a white South African, I enjoyed the better things that that country gave to a small percentage of its population.

I don't understand at best, I cannot speak for all the rest. But you may find a lifetime's passed you by. Every dog has its day, every day has its way Of being forgotten.

Would you like to play With the thought of a friend In a distant passing stage While you lie around With your hands up and out So resigned you will fall down.

Why won't you run in the rain and play, let the tears splash all over you?

San Francisco has a flowers-in-your-hair kind of vibe, while Chicago's got this very funny, big-city/small-town coolness to it.

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

Isn't it strange how we move out lives for another day? Like skipping a beat, what if a great wave should wash us all away?

If at all God's gaze falls upon us all it's with a mischievous grin, look at him.

Leave the big door open, everyone'll come around.

Six senses keeping Five around a sense of self

Life goes on, end of tunnel, TV set Spot in the middle Static fade, statistic bit And soon I fade away, fade away

I walk into this room All eyes on me now But I do not know the people inside Look straight through me these eyes Seeking more wisdom Than I have to give away

People in every direction No words exchanged No time to exchange And all the little ants are marching Red and black antennas waving They all do it the same We all do it the same way

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.

I don't think socialism, and I don't think warmness and respect are necessarily bad words.

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.

I've always been obsessed by visual art as I have been by music personally, but that doesn't mean anything professionally.

I'm a very vicious critic of myself.

I say my hell is the closet I'm stuck inside.

What in the world would I sing for if I had it all?

Well, I've been in a few car wrecks.

I think I am a very kind person. I think I'm joyful, but I could be kinder and I could be more joyful. I do believe peace is a state of grace, and not the absence of violence.

I go back to South Africa at least once a year, sometimes twice, and usually for a month. And probably, I'm guessing, I'll spend more time back there as I get older.

Good music is good music, and everything else can go to hell.

She thinks, "Hey, How did I come to this? I dream myself a thousand times around the world, But I can't get out of this place"

We look to our leaders once we elect them to either lead us in the right direction or at least not crush us.

I was regularly advised not to go into music, that I should give up that foolish dream.

I think some people would say that I do overwhelm the words with the music, and sometimes thank goodness I do.

I'm from a very politically and socially conscious family. My mother always made a point of making us look at what was going on around us and take stock of our part in it.

Everything good needs replacing

When I look at how fortunate I've been, being a musician... my response to being overpaid is that I should pay it back to my community in some way.

Because life is short but sweet for certain We're climbing two by two To be sure these days continue These things we cannot change

Move into kiss those sweet sugar lips, baby looks just like love.

You know she's going to leave my broken heart behind her...

Lying under this spell you cast on me Each moment The more I love you.

I am who I am who I am who am I Requesting some enlightenment Could I have been anyone other than me?

I always like to have an atlas just so that I can find things out. It's always good to have an almanac; those sort of things.

Probably most of the time I watch children's movies because my kids are on the bus, so it requires them.