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
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
I started out in the Chabad movement, and I started pretty closed up, with the idea of there being that 'this is… — 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
There was a time when I was fighting with the decision as to whether or not a Hasidic man could go out… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
In 2004, when I started recording my first CD, I was coming right out of yeshiva. So I had spent two years… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
I don't partake, really, of any of the typical rock-star-lifestyle things you could think of. I try to be responsible when I'm… — 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
With music, you're working with a producer, and you walk out of the studio six hours later with a track that's almost… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
For me, it's always this constant battle and search when I'm out on stage as to where and when do I really… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
The best part of touring is the opportunity to make the music. You get to do what you love and have the… — 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
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 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
