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Matisyahu Quotes

I think there is a tendency for people to get rigid and caught up in their beliefs of what is right and wrong, and they lose sight of humanity. Being human has to come first before right or wrong.

Matisyahu

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: June 30, 1979

Topics

People Think Humanity Lose Wrong

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

John B. S. Haldane

Teen Better Boy Intelligent Bright

Almost everything else I have done during my adult years has been affected to some extent by my name - by my father's position, if you will. But in the air, I had no name; to the Federal Aviation Agency I was simply Comanche Nine-Nine POP. The quality of my landings, navigation and judgment were mine alone.

John Eisenhower

Father Alone Quality Name You Done

Somebody ripped their pants open at my wedding, dipping my mother. My mother is not a lady who throws herself into a dip that often, so I don't think he thought she was really going to do it.

Melissa McCarthy

Mother Think Thought Wedding Lady

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

John Major

Think Edge Will Off Union I Think

I said yes to 'Nymphomaniac' before it was written.

Stellan Skarsgard

Said Yes Before Written

I'm a big fan of cultural music, and that's how I try to expand my playing, by listening to music that is not conventionally American.

Steve Vai

Music Listening American Try Big

Allowing yourself to smile takes 99% of the effort.

Simon Travaglia

Smile Yourself Effort Takes Allowing

The closest things to an influence would be people like Charlie Watts or Al Jackson. But I didn't really listen to drummers; I basically played what I thought was needed for the Ramones.

Tommy Ramone

People Influence Thought Listen Like

The first generation of Russian terrorists came out of the '60s counterculture - the 1860s in Russia bearing a striking similarity to the 1960s in the United States, with Russian students growing their hair, following gurus who extolled the 'new man,' and starting communes.

Tom Reiss

Man Hair Generation New Growing Out

Humans seem to be programmed to think of ambivalent feelings at the same time. That is the driving force behind human beings: to be the warrant of all things and to control other worlds.

Time Control Think Driving Feelings

Musicals are my favorite. I'm a musical theater buff.

Rutina Wesley

Musical Theater Favorite Musicals

A fever is an expression of inner rage.

Julia Roberts

Rage Expression Fever Inner