Matisyahu
Matisyahu
Matthew Paul Miller, known by his Hebrew and stage name Matisyahu, is a Jewish American reggae vocalist, beatboxer, and alternative rock musician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth30 June 1979
CountryUnited States of America
certainly customs
I don't really know if I would consider myself anything in particular. I would say I'm inspired in a Hasidic way, but I certainly don't keep all the customs and rules I once did.
family good typical
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 out on the road. I take it pretty seriously, what I'm doing, as something that's good for the world, and my family, and everyone.
music
I kind of think that music in general is a sacred thing, and that's what music has kind of always been for me.
religious fall believe
A lot of people in the religious world believe that by secularizing, or viewing the changes as secular, such as dropping the beard and changing my appearance, they consider this to be a fall.
believe people belief
A lot of people believe a lot of things. People also believe in a lot of ideas or hold tight to a lot of ideologies and beliefs.
people missing
There are a lot of people who get me. There are a lot of people who don't. I wouldn't say there is one thing that everyone is missing. But there are a good amount[b] of people who don't necessarily understand the recent changes I have made.
world wonderful vulnerable
Vulnerability is a wonderful thing. We're all so afraid to be vulnerable in this world.
vulnerable attraction
When you meet somebody who is vulnerable, there is an attraction. There is something to that. There is beauty there.
reading vulnerable comment
I'm vulnerable reading people's comments on Facebook.
blow people
What blows me away most is how sure people are of themselves.
For me now, what I've come to is, we don't know anything.
spiritual growing-up past
Growing up, the way that I looked was very important to me. I was always trying to impress people, and when I grew my beard there was a certain freedom, a separation, getting past this the way I looked, identify myself as a spiritual seeker.
wise song jesus
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 with. There's Jesus and his birth, the wise men, their gifts and tons of frankincense.
rock-and-roll rocks hip-hop
The world that I come from is the world of raves, hip-hop clubs, and rock and roll.