“When I was 17, I listened to reggae music. I loved Bob Marley. I start...” — Matisyahu Quote

“When I was 17, I listened to reggae music. I loved Bob Marley. I started growing dreadlocks. It's always been my way, that the outside matches what's going on with me inside.”

“It's a holistic process for me during a show. I'm always focusing on the technical aspects of my voice. I try to make my voice do what I want. One big thing I do to improve on each show is to listen back to performances on CD while on tour.”

“I was into acting as a kid. There was a time when I was 18 that I played the boy in a production of 'Equus' in Oregon, and I thought that was going to be my life.”

“What Bob and I had was something special that God ordained. Ours was more than a husband-and-wife relationship, it was as if we had to do something for our people, to become a symbol for our time, and that feeling is still going on no matter what.”

“Bob Dylan did the first really long record - Like A Rolling Stone - I think it was four minutes.”

“I did not have to think much doing Bob Biswas in 'Kahaani.'”