Matisyahu Miller Quotations

I got into Bob Marley, I got into reggae music. And that music just spoke to me and so it just became natural that when I started writing lyrics, and started singing them, they came out in that way.

I loved ice hockey. I used to play ice hockey. So, you know I wanted to be a hockey player.

I started out with friends of mine in high school beat boxing. Everyone would sort of like be in a circle making up rhymes and raps, you know. That was like the creative outlet for my friends. And I became the sort of the guy that made the beats, like did the beats with my mouth.

They flipped. I mean, my dad was pretty cool about it actually. He was much more laid back about it. And mom really -- she really had a breakdown.

I never really thought of it. I mean I get asked the question all the time. If someone comes to a show because they think like, 'Oh, this is gonna be funny' or something they're gonna get there and they're gonna see that's not what this is about.