Singer-songwriter Michael Bublé says faith is the truest form of wealth and happiness
In a recently resurfaced interview circulating across social media from “Diary of a CEO” with Steven Bartlett, Bublé shares how faith is a priority in his life — which he claims comes before family, followed by his music career.
Making faith a No. 1 priority in his life, Bublé said, came after his son’s liver cancer diagnosis. His son is now cancer-free, but the crisis pushed Bublé to get his priorities in order and put faith at the forefront, he said.
He found that the key to happiness is putting faith and family ahead of everything else.
“Rich isn’t what you think it is,” Bublé said. “That word, ‘rich,’ that your friends use — rich, it sounds like money, and stuff, and things, and Lamborghinis, and tickets to go see Messi. That’s not rich.”
He continued, “Rich is having a strong faith. Rich is having a great family and loving your family. Rich is having great friendships. Because those ‘rich’ things they’re talking about — the money — the people that I know that have the most stuff are the most miserable people that I know. And I don’t know how else to explain it, you know.”
Bublé added that as someone with a successful, high-earning career, he learned quickly that having “a bunch of stuff” does not generate any happiness or meaning in life.
“We are all going to die — every single one of us — and nobody looks back and says, (expletive), I wish I collected more stuff.”
Michael Bublé and faith
Bublé talks publicly about his faith periodically, but resists religious labels.
“I wouldn’t call myself a God-fearing Christian. I wouldn’t classify myself as a religious person,” he said in a 2023 interview with The Guardian.
He continued, “I am not afraid of it. I have a really wonderful and personal relationship with my faith. But it’s not a heavy thing, I’m just not that guy. I don’t want to pretend that I am.”
Before his career took off, Bublé would sleep with his Bible and pray for success, something he said is “obvious that it worked,” per an interview with The Associated Press.
In the same interview, Bublé added that he does not identify with any organized religion.
“As I get older I have a different concept of what God is to me and — it’s not that I’m into organized religion — the truth is that I don’t know. I’m sorry if that offends people out there, but I’m just being honest, I don’t know.”