"We're so quick to go to make things……" — Matisyahu
"We're so quick to go to make things black and white, and to put things in their box. But everything is this mixture - and that's what this world is - is this blend of different things."
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74 Quotes by Matisyahu
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You're looking for help from God, you say he couldn't be found. Looking up to the sky and searchin' beneath…
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The idea that God’s mercy is connected to whether or not I shave is ludicrous and I need to just…
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All my life I been waitin' for I been prayin' for, for the people to say that we don't want…
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Everyone's right or wrong, Everyone's got an opinion, put them in a song and let me keep on living.
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The religious lifestyle keeps you focused. It's helpful when trying to manoeuvre through the music scene.
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Growing up, the way that I looked was very important to me. I was always trying to impress people, and…
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Some artists are bound to an image: Bob Marley has dreadlocks, Matisyahu has a beard. But that's a reminder that…
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Most of my life wasn't about knowledge from books, but experiential knowledge.
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I think there is a tendency for people to get rigid and caught up in their beliefs of what is…
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Reggae music isn't Jewish, but a lot of the ideas are.
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My music is not really about one ideology. It's not about one truth.
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When there's light shining on a tree, that tree takes on different meaning. If there's no light at all it…
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