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My music is not really about one ideology. It's not about one truth.

Most of my life wasn't about knowledge from books, but experiential knowledge.

The idea that God's mercy is connected to whether or not I shave is ludicrous, and I need to just trust myself, and that, you know, if I'm deserving of God's mercy, I'll get it, regardless of, you know, my beard.

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We're so quick to go to make things black and white, and to put things in their box. But everything is this mixture - and that's what this world is - is this blend of different things.

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I think when you're a fan of music - at least the way I've been a fan to artists that have really touched me - you're with them for the long haul. They might do things that you don't understand or agree with, but I think I've always tried to hold my judgment and give them the space to do what they need to do.

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Reggae music isn't Jewish, but a lot of the ideas are.

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When people feel a certain religion claims to have all the answers, that's what turns them off.

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I feel there's a lot of anti-Israel sentiment in the world and a lot of ignorance about what Israel is and does. But it's not for me to speak on Israel's behalf.

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People aren't religious because it's easy not to be. Like anything, it's habitual, and once it's a habit it's no longer hard.

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Judaism is my life. Everything I do is through the lens of Torah.

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