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Street U.: Are you right side up or upside down?
Dave Matthews: Ha, I don’t swing that way. It’s cool whatever other people want to do, but I’m very straight.
Street U.: How stoned are you when you write your lyrics?
DM: Not that stoned. [Ed. note: Matthews then put out his joint.]
Street U.: Do you recommend smoking to your fan base as a means to better understand your work?
DM: We always encourage smoking. It helps you understand everything.
Street U.: How often do you smoke with your fans?
DM: Any chance I get!
Street U.: How did you come up with the name for your band?
DM: I’d never heard of a band called “Dave Matthews,” which happens to be my name. So I thought it was right to the point.
Street U.: Why should we come to your shows?
DM: There’s a great ambience. Our fans always put off a beautiful aura. And we try to play shows in wide, open spaces, like big fields, so that everyone just gets into the music and the vibes.
Street U.: What lines do you use on the ladies?
DM: Well if I’m at a college, and I am a lot, I just say, “I’m Dave Matthews.” And the other guys in the band say, “Hey, I’m Dave Matthews’s drummer.” But every now and then I like quoting my work. Usually the line “Hike up your skirt a little more and show your world to me” is pretty effective.
Street U.: How is your acting career going?
DM: It’s just great. We just finalized the contracts for my first lead role. I’m playing Vanilla Ice in the new biopic. I’m very excited.
Street U.: Ice cream makers Ben and Jerry borrowed your song “One Sweet World” to create the flavor “One Sweet Whirled.” How does this feel? Do you enjoy this flavor?
DM: I cannot even begin to say what this means to me. I didn’t know I had made it until someone told me I had created an ice cream flavor. I personally am a huge fan of ice cream, any food really that’ll curb the munchies, know what I’m sayin’?
Street U.: Your band is pretty involved in the environment. How do you think this new administration will address your concerns?
DM: I’d smoke out Obama.
Street U.: Do you still think it’s crazy that the world is round?
DM: I’ve come to accept this, but I still haven’t seen any substantial proof.
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You interviewed Dave Matthews and these are the questions you came up with?
This is just about the lamest interview ever
"why should we come to your shows?"
Yeah, I mean, think about it! Wouldn't it have been so much better to ask him, why SHOULDN'T you come to our shows? Don't get me wrong, I interviewed Ben Kweller once, so I understand the way a subversive question like that, when you're in the presence of a Great (uhh dave...can you say, moodybutcute?), would take a real cool-headed genius to come up with. But still, you guys got a fucking DEITY to talk to you. A fucking legend. My own American Baby.
You should have challenged him to do the impossible. To say something negative (or even neutral!) about his band. I mean, we're talking a guy too cool to even go as far West as 34th. Don't you think that a cool-headed genius is exactly what you should have sent?
You've got your ball, you've got your chain, and I'm pretty sure it's whoever blew this chance.
Omg I accidentally said "you come to our shows".. how embarrassing! As though you guys coming to my band's shows is like even in the same realm. I mean, you can check us out on youtube. We've got a lot of hits. So embarassing like, totally started as a joke. Esp. the Ants Marching cover. I can't get the emotion right the way DMB does. Whatever, just me hitting a bong and messing around with a guitar and some bongos. dmbluvr life.
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