The place that I'm trying to come from and where I'm trying to make music from is when I feel like I'm… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Vocal rest is awesome. It is like any kind of fast. Firstly, it is a purification of speech. It made me realize… — 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
When I started wearing a yarmulke, I wanted to stand out or take the form of whatever was inspiring me. But now… — 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 remember the moment when it hit me. I was walking down Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side, and it felt… — 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
Whenever I approach a record, I don't really have a science to it. I approach every record differently. First record was in… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
When I listen to music, there's usually some aspect of that music that I like, and that's what I take and try… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
When I'm meditating on an idea, I try to let the idea completely saturate me to the point where I feel like… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Music is my first love and the thing that I feel extremely connected to. I feel like I still have a long… — 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
