I felt a real strong connection and still do with Hanukkah. So it started out by doing concerts on Hanukkah, the Festival… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
In Judaism, there are a lot of rules - everything from which fingernail you cut first to which side you sleep on… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Literally, there is a lot of talk about sparks in the Kabbalah. It talks about when God created the world initially, there… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
My music is really about people connecting with their identities, even if they aren't Jewish. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
When I'm onstage, I'm not thinking about ideas. I'm not in my head at all. It's a more physical experience. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
I feel there's a lot of anti-Israel sentiment in the world and a lot of ignorance about what Israel is and does.… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
When I first started, everything happened at once. I became religious, my musical career took off, I got married, I had kids,… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
When a person listens to a good song, and they can look out at the world and their lives and see the… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
When I became religious, it was full-force for me. And, through the lifestyle of being out on the road with non-Jewish musicians,… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
When I first started reading about the kabbalists, I would hear about them being seen in strange places. It would turn out… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
What is it to keep kosher? Is it eating kosher potato chips? Kosher is a bigger idea. I think it's about being… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
I always knew I was different and that people had opinions about me. I guess I learned as best as I can… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
I'm not an expert in instruments, beat programming, or electronics. For some people it's all about doing it themselves. But for me,… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
I think my music has always been a mixture, depending on whom I'm working with - what band, what musicians, what producer. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
I thank you to my God, now I finally got it right and I'll fight with all of my heart and all my soul… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Is it possible Hanukkah doesn't inspire folksy songs? Plot lines may be a part. The Christmas story has a lot of material to work… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
People aren't religious because it's easy not to be. Like anything, it's habitual, and once it's a habit it's no longer hard. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
I think that listening to music or creating music is a spiritual undertaking, so the process of creating music, you know, involves listening. It… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
At a certain point, I felt the need to submit to a higher level of religiosity to move away from my intuition and to… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was really into performing. I would do choruses, I would do musicals, whatever it was. And then, as a teenager,… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
One of the first places where I started to respond to song lyrics was in reggae music. A lot of what I was responding… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
In this life you may lose your way. It might drive you crazy but don't let it phase you, no way. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
People get so caught up in needing to know and having to prove themselves to be right, and I'm blown away by this. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
When I started wearing a yarmulke, I wanted to stand out or take the form of whatever was inspiring me. But now I think… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
