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title: "11 Started Quotes By Matisyahu"
description: "11 Started quotes by Matisyahu. Plus more from Matisyahu and more Started sayings from other authors."
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> [When I started wearing a yarmulke, I wanted to stand out or take the form of whatever was inspiring me. But now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/when-i-started-wearing-a-yarmulke-i-wanted-to-stand-out-or-take-the/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/matisyahu-3197_being_when-i-started-wearing-a-yarmulke-i-want_177883.png)

> [When I first started reading about the kabbalists, I would hear about them being seen in strange places. It would turn out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/when-i-first-started-reading-about-the-kabbalists-i-would-hear-about/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/matisyahu-3197_about_when-i-first-started-reading-about-the-k_2817884.jpg)

> [In 2004, when I started recording my first CD, I was coming right out of yeshiva. So I had spent two years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/in-2004-when-i-started-recording-my-first-cd-i-was-coming-right-out/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/matisyahu-3197_cd_in-2004-when-i-started-recording-my-firs_1004102.png)

> [I did some acting in college. But then everything stopped when I was a junior, in the fall of 2001, when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/i-did-some-acting-in-college-but-then-everything-stopped-when-i-was-a/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/matisyahu-3197_acting_i-did-some-acting-in-college-but-then-ev_3214974.png)

> [One of the first places where I started to respond to song lyrics was in reggae music. A lot of what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/one-of-the-first-places-where-i-started-to-respond-to-song-lyrics-was/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/matisyahu-3197_adapt_one-of-the-first-places-where-i-started_114681.jpg)

> [I felt a real strong connection and still do with Hanukkah. So it started out by doing concerts on Hanukkah, the Festival…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/i-felt-a-real-strong-connection-and-still-do-with-hanukkah-so-it/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c03/matisyahu-3197_about_i-felt-a-real-strong-connection-and-stil_210258.png)

> [When I was 17, I listened to reggae music. I loved Bob Marley. I started growing dreadlocks. It's always been my way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/when-i-was-17-i-listened-to-reggae-music-i-loved-bob-marley-i-started/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

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> [I started performing at home as a kid putting on shows and lip-syncing Michael Jackson for the grown-ups. Then, in musicals and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/i-started-performing-at-home-as-a-kid-putting-on-shows-and-lip/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/matisyahu-3197_band_i-started-performing-at-home-as-a-kid-pu_999351.png)

> [My mother's sister married a man from Barbados, and my cousins were raised in Barbados. So we traveled down there, they came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/my-mother-s-sister-married-a-man-from-barbados-and-my-cousins-were/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/234/matisyahu-3197_attention_my-mother-s-sister-married-a-man-from-ba_1857785.jpg)

> [I started out in the Chabad movement, and I started pretty closed up, with the idea of there being that 'this is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/i-started-out-in-the-chabad-movement-and-i-started-pretty-closed-up/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/matisyahu-3197_being_i-started-out-in-the-chabad-movement-and_253066.png)

> [When I first started, everything happened at once. I became religious, my musical career took off, I got married, I had kids,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/when-i-first-started-everything-happened-at-once-i-became-religious/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/matisyahu-3197_about_when-i-first-started-everything-happened_2086801.jpg)

## Other authors on Started

## More by Matisyahu

> [I think my music has always been a mixture, depending on whom I'm working with - what band, what musicians, what producer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/i-think-my-music-has-always-been-a-mixture-depending-on-whom-i-m/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

> [It's unbelievable to me how sure people can be of themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/it-s-unbelievable-to-me-how-sure-people-can-be-of-themselves/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/i-thank-you-to-my-god-now-i-finally-got-it-right-and-i-ll-fight-with/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/is-it-possible-hanukkah-doesn-t-inspire-folksy-songs-plot-lines-may/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/people-aren-t-religious-because-it-s-easy-not-to-be-like-anything-it/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

> [I think that listening to music or creating music is a spiritual undertaking, so the process of creating music, you know, involves listening. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/i-think-that-listening-to-music-or-creating-music-is-a-spiritual/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

> [At a certain point, I felt the need to submit to a higher level of religiosity to move away from my intuition and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/at-a-certain-point-i-felt-the-need-to-submit-to-a-higher-level-of/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

> [As a kid, I was really into performing. I would do choruses, I would do musicals, whatever it was. And then, as a teenager,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/as-a-kid-i-was-really-into-performing-i-would-do-choruses-i-would-do/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

> [One of the first places where I started to respond to song lyrics was in reggae music. A lot of what I was responding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/one-of-the-first-places-where-i-started-to-respond-to-song-lyrics-was/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

> [In this life you may lose your way. It might drive you crazy but don't let it phase you, no way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/in-this-life-you-may-lose-your-way-it-might-drive-you-crazy-but-don-t/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

> [People get so caught up in needing to know and having to prove themselves to be right, and I'm blown away by this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/people-get-so-caught-up-in-needing-to-know-and-having-to-prove/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

> [When I started wearing a yarmulke, I wanted to stand out or take the form of whatever was inspiring me. But now I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/when-i-started-wearing-a-yarmulke-i-wanted-to-stand-out-or-take-the/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

> [I want to be close to you, yes, I'm so hungry. You're like water for my soul when it gets thirsty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/i-want-to-be-close-to-you-yes-i-m-so-hungry-you-re-like-water-for-my/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

> [I felt a real strong connection and still do with Hanukkah. So it started out by doing concerts on Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/i-felt-a-real-strong-connection-and-still-do-with-hanukkah-so-it/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

> [I can show you where to dig, and what to dig for, but the digging you must do for yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/i-can-show-you-where-to-dig-and-what-to-dig-for-but-the-digging-you/)

[Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/)

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