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.

In 2004, when I started recording my first CD, I was coming right out of yeshiva. So I had spent two years completely immersed in the Hasidic culture, disconnected completely from the secular world - movies, music, people.

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.

Matisyahu Quotes