122 Quotes by Matisyahu

The idea that God’s mercy is connected to whether or not I shave is ludicrous and I need to just trust myself, and that, you know, if I’m deserving of God’s mercy, I’ll get it, regardless of, you know, my beard,

It's unbelievable to me how sure people can be of themselves.

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.

Most of my life wasn't about knowledge from books, but experiential knowledge.

I always knew I was different and that people had opinions about me. I guess I learned as best as I can to shield out a lot and live my life from within.

There is an assumption if you are not religious, you have fallen, or you are further from God, or you are not doing the right thing. The judgment on me, with regard to my changes, is that he must be out all night partying or banging prostitutes and doing blow. This whole thing for me was absolutely the contrary. It was actually that God started to become very real to me, inside.

The best part of touring is the opportunity to make the music. You get to do what you love and have the ability to go out on stage every night and create.

Everyone's right or wrong, Everyone's got an opinion, put them in a song and let me keep on living.

Music has always been such an amazing tool for me to access self and emotion.