Matisyahu Quotes

With every project I've ever done, I've always treated it like I'm still in school. Each time you try to go a little further, get a little deeper, feel a little more, sculpt it a little better.

We've always done what we do, and we go out and try and get better with each record we make.

Every time I make a new album, I get better and better.

In any of the arts, you never stop learning.

I always grow, every album.

I think all artists need to try to improve, or their work gets stale.

I think that it's the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more.

I've been to the studio several times, and it's not that I'm not happy with what I've got, but each time I come away, I feel that I've learned something that I want to work on.

The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it's just to see what you learn for the next one.

I'm learning a lot, and I'm trying to make it so that every time I write, it's better than the last time I've written.

Some artists are happy doing the same thing again and again, but my favorite artists are the ones who evolve and grow, and I want to be one of them.

I tend to think that every new song I make is better than the last one.

I think you can refine what you do, and become more consistent. And you write better songs that have a better shape and a better feeling. You evolve into and out of things, and go through stages, but, ultimately, you do improve.

I think it's important that your first film be your worst film, that one's life trajectory should go up.

There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.

To be honest with you, I don't have one track that I consider better than the next because all I'm trying to do is still grow as an artist. I got way better since the early nineties, as far as putting words together. My best energy probably was the '90s, because I was new.

The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.

I don't want to rest on my laurels. I still feel like I'm learning a lot about the golf game and the swing. There are so many different little facets of golf that there is always something to learn.

I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.

I want to be the kind of artist who keeps pushing on every album. I don't want to settle on a sound.

I think as any artist you always want to grow; you always want to get better.

You're always in a different headspace when you make each record, so hopefully they're all different. You just pick up things that you wish you hadn't done on the first one.

I believe that I improve with every book I write - most writers will probably tell you the same thing. I'm still learning my craft and will be until the day I drop dead at my computer. In my opinion, art isn't something that can be perfected. There's always room for improvement.

As I'm growing, so is my music.

People forget that, as artists, you are constantly looking to evolve and grow.