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 have a whole regimen to my day: my vocal warm-ups, my prayers, my meditations... I pray three times a day. I… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
The real reason Jews don't have more Hanukkah music is that, historically, American Jewish singer-songwriters were too busy making Christmas music. 'White… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
I get on a real serious health kick when I'm on the road, because as a singer, you can't really get sick.… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
There is an assumption if you are not religious, you have fallen, or you are further from God, or you are not… — 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
