With music, you're working with a producer, and you walk out of the studio six hours later with a track that's almost completely finished. There's an almost immediate payoff. Matisyahu completelyfinishhour Change image and share on social
I did some acting in college. But then everything stopped when I was a junior, in the fall of 2001, when I started becoming religious. Once I became a full-on Hasidic, I stopped everything. I stopped music. I stopped acting. Matisyahu actcollegefall share on social
The place that I'm trying to come from and where I'm trying to make music from is when I feel like I'm able to somehow, like, transcend it all and just speak right to God. Matisyahu feelgodmake Change image and share on social
There's something really powerful when I, for example, hear Bob Marley's 'Exodus' - we know where we're going. We know where we're from. Matisyahu bobexodushear Change image and share on social
The Jewish world is becoming fully integrated with the ideas of the normal world. They feed off each other. Matisyahu feedfullyidea Change image and share on social
When I first started, everything happened at once. I became religious, my musical career took off, I got married, I had kids, and all that happened within the course of a year. I had an excitement about this newly found faith, and so I was writing about that in a very evident kind of way. Matisyahu careerevidentexcitement share on social
There was a time when I was fighting with the decision as to whether or not a Hasidic man could go out and have a music career in the world and be involved in pop culture. For me, I was able to bring those two things together for quite some time. Matisyahu bringcareerculture share on social
My life is not separate from my music, you know? It's not like a day job that I leave and go home. It's who I am as a person and how I am trying to grow, come closer to God, be a better person. Matisyahu closedaygod Change image and share on social
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 easyhabithabitual Change image and share on social
When I'm onstage, I'm not thinking about ideas. I'm not in my head at all. It's a more physical experience. Matisyahu experienceheadidea Change image and share on social
