Dave Matthews talks politics in a new CNN interview, agreeing with former President Jimmy Carter that some heated criticism of President Barack Obama is racially motivated.

“There’s a good population of people in this country that are terrified of the president only because he’s black, even if they don’t say it,” Dave says. “And I think a lot of them, behind closed doors, do say it. Maybe I’m paranoid about it, but I don’t think someone who disagreed as strongly as they do with Obama — if it was Clinton — would have stood up and screamed at him during his speech.”

Dave also talks about the media, his charity work, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, moving to Outer Mongolia and milking a yak. (It’s a Dave interview. What else would you expect?) Check out video of the interview:

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