The idea that God’s mercy is connected to whether or not I shave is ludicrous and I need to just trust myself,… — 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
There is an idea in Kabbalah that the creation of the world is created through space. God is an ever present Being,… — 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
A lot of people believe a lot of things. People also believe in a lot of ideas or hold tight to a… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
The Jewish world is becoming fully integrated with the ideas of the normal world. They feed off each other. — 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
![“There is an idea in Kabbalah that the creation of the world is created through space. God is an ever present Being, and in order for anything outside of Him to exist, like this world for example, there needs to be what's called a TumTum[a], or a withdrawal of Godly-like. And that withdrawal…” quote by Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/776/matisyahu-3197_conflict_there-is-an-idea-in-kabbalah-that-the-cr_1265155.jpg)
