The world that I come from is the world of raves, hip-hop clubs, and rock and roll. — 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 there's light shining on a tree, that tree takes on different meaning. If there's no light at all it just looks… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
We're so quick to go to make things black and white, and to put things in their box. But everything is this… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the religious world believe that by secularizing, or viewing the changes as secular, such as dropping the… — 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
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
I feel there's a lot of anti-Israel sentiment in the world and a lot of ignorance about what Israel is and does.… — 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
Vulnerability is a wonderful thing. We're all so afraid to be vulnerable in this world. — 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
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
