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Famous Quotes By Cat Stevens

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Oh I can't keep it in; I can't keep it in, I've gotta let it out I've got to show the world; world's got to see, See all the love; love that's in me — Cat Stevens

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Moderation is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam. — Cat Stevens

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It seems to be the easiest thing in the world these days to make scurrilous accusations against Muslims, and in my case it directly impacts on my relief work and damages my reputation as an artist. The harm done is often difficult to repair. — Cat Stevens

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I'm looking for a hard-headed woman, One who will make me do my best, And if I find my hard-headed woman, I know the rest of my life will be blessed — Cat Stevens

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My whole aim in whatever I say, whatever I do, is to follow the peaceful line of having people live together ... If we can all play in that game, the world will be a better place. — Cat Stevens

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To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are. — Cat Stevens

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This is the beauty of the Qur'an: it asks you to reflect and reason, and not to worship the sun or moon but the One who has created everything. The Qur'an asks man to reflect upon the sun and moon and God's creation in general. — Cat Stevens

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It's hard to get by just upon a smile, — Cat Stevens

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You can argue with a philosopher, but you can't argue with a good song. And I think I've got a few good songs. — Cat Stevens

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Communal well-being is central to human life. — Cat Stevens

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I never thought I'd be on the same stage as Kiss. — Cat Stevens

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The theatre is a world in itself. The possibility for creating experiences that move people is increased many times over. In the end, the best stories are usually about a battle of good over evil - that has never changed. — Cat Stevens

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The private little world that I create with my music is something that most people like to listen to alone and get into. — Cat Stevens

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I wouldn't be writing songs if I didn't have something to say. — Cat Stevens

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The verses talked about other Prophets as brothers preaching the same unifying script of mankind, showing every man and woman the way to Paradise. I saw the names of Jesus, of Moses, of Abraham, of Jacob, of Noah and of course, crucially, the name of this last messenger, the last Messenger of God, Muhammad. — Cat Stevens

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Man may live and man may die searching for the question why. But if he tries to rule the sky, he must fall. — Cat Stevens

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I enjoy life. I think I'll enjoy death even more. Life is too confusing. — Cat Stevens

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Lord, my body has been a good friend But I won't need it when I reach the end Miles from nowhere, Guess I'll take my time Oh yeah, to reach there — Cat Stevens

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Oh God! If you save me I will work for you. — Cat Stevens

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I'm a mirror glass for the Muslims as well as the Western world, which looks at me in a slightly different way, but they are looking in the same mirror. — Cat Stevens

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I grew up in the West End, so my whole background was living among theatres and musicals and the West End's coffee bars and clubs. It's kind of obvious that one day I should do something like that. — Cat Stevens

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I did not come into contact with any Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized no person is perfect, Islam is perfect, and if we imitate the conduct of the Holy Prophet ... we will be successful. — Cat Stevens

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Ever since I became a Muslim, I've had to deal with attempts to damage my reputation and countless insinuations seeking to cast doubt on my character and trying to connect me to causes which I do not subscribe to. — Cat Stevens

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The very first lesson that I learnt from the Qur'an was the message of unity and peace. — Cat Stevens

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They have hijacked my religion. — Cat Stevens

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There are certain comforts of living here in Dubai, the comforts of so many mosques and so much good food ... It's just that much more secure. And may God keep it safe. — Cat Stevens

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I became very famous, as a teenager, and my name and photo were splashed in all the media. They made me larger than life, so I wanted to live larger than life, and the only way to do that was to be intoxicated. — Cat Stevens

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Then I found my head one day when I wasn't even trying. — Cat Stevens

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One song I do is 'The First Cut is the Deepest.' I try to remind people I wrote that song, not Rod Stewart. — Cat Stevens

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It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work. — Cat Stevens

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Maybe some people may have thought or imagined that Islam drains all creativity. In fact, when you look at history, you discover that the golden age of Spain is what actually produced what we call the guitar. — Cat Stevens

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I'm not the best of you, but I'm not the worst either. — Cat Stevens

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Then one day I found my head when I wasn't even trying. — Cat Stevens

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I looked at some of the statues of Jesus; they were just stones with no life. When they said that God is three, I was puzzled even more but could not argue. I believed it, simply because I had to have respect for the faith of my parents. — Cat Stevens

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I used to be followed by a moon shadow. Now I'm followed by all these misconceptions, and they're like a ball and chain. I just want to write music from my heart and give people a message of hope and the search for a better place. — Cat Stevens

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Take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go. — Cat Stevens

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I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one. And I believe it could be someday it's going to come. — Cat Stevens

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Not only did the terrorists hijack planes and destroy life, but they also hijacked the peaceful religion of Islam and split the brother and sisterhood of mankind. — Cat Stevens

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And though you want to last forever,
You know you never will,
You know you never will,
And the good-bye makes the journey harder still. — Cat Stevens

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The spiritual quest was always the predominant aspect of my life. It's always been there. But there's also an incredible passion connected to it; it's not just a dry investigative process. I have been extremely emotional about it, and that comes out in the songs. — Cat Stevens

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I became alienated from this religious upbringing, and started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took hold of me, and perhaps I thought this was my god: the goal of making money. — Cat Stevens

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There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion. — Cat Stevens

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The greatest legacy is that which benefits the widest number of people for the longest period without limit to value. No one but the Prophet Muhammad was given that role as the seal of God's message. — Cat Stevens

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I can never quite trust anybody anymore. — Cat Stevens

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I've studied various schools of thought ... I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited, but I've found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly, but even encouraged, music at certain times. — Cat Stevens

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I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far removed from the headlines of violence, destruction and terrorism. — Cat Stevens

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In Islam there is a line between let's say freedom and the line which is then transgressed into immorality and irresponsibility and I think as far as this writer is concerned, unfortunately, he has been irresponsible with his freedom of speech. Salman Rushdie or indeed any writer who abuses the prophet, or indeed any prophet, under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death. It's got to be seen as a deterrent, so that other people should not commit the same mistake again. — Cat Stevens

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So on and on I go, the seconds tick the time out There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to find out. — Cat Stevens

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In the early days I had a very black-and-white view of everything. I think that's kind of natural for anyone who's just embraced Islam - or any religion - as a convert. It was important for me to duck out of the fast and furious life I'd been living as a pop star. I was in a different mood. — Cat Stevens

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I thought everybody would embrace and understand my reasons for becoming Muslim. — Cat Stevens

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Muslims have been subjected to so many tyrants and oppressive regimes. That's what the Arab Spring was about, but the problem comes in trying to direct a revolution. — Cat Stevens

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Now I'm not making love to anyone's wishes, Only for that light I see 'Cause when I'm dead and lowered low in my grave, That's gonna be the only thing that's left of me — Cat Stevens

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The fact that the Prophet cared for every human being and tried his best to ensure their security in the hereafter must be the most telling of his compassionate and merciful characteristics. — Cat Stevens

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Considering the fact that I have been in the spotlight more or less since I was 18, there is an aspect of normality to my public profile, which I have grown to live with. As much as I would like to disappear into the crowd, my work won't let me - difficult as it is for my family. — Cat Stevens

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But when it comes to being loved, she's first/That's how I know
The first cut is the deepest. — Cat Stevens

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If you want to be free, be free, because there's a million things to be. — Cat Stevens

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I was brought up in the modern world of all the luxury and the highlight of show business. I was born into a Christian home. — Cat Stevens

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I know many fine feathered friends But their friendliness depends on how you do They know many sure fired ways, To find out the one who pays And how you do — Cat Stevens

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I'm afraid that a lot of things that people believe about Islam are totally different from the religion that most of us recognize. I was really fortunate that I got to know Islam before it became a headline. — Cat Stevens

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All things can be forgiven if we can progress. — Cat Stevens

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Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment. And music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony. — Cat Stevens

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Life is a journey, you know; and a lot of journeys, you go out, you come back. — Cat Stevens

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In music, you can use metaphors with ease - if a person doesn't understand the parable, they can still enjoy the melody of the music. If, however, a person reads a book and misses the meaning of its metaphors, this will be extremely disheartening for both the reader as well as the author. — Cat Stevens

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I believe Islam was truly spread by example. So whatever good a Muslim does publicly will be seen - the same is true for the bad. — Cat Stevens

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Baby I know, the first cut is the deepest. — Cat Stevens

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If I make a mark in time, I can't say the mark is mine. — Cat Stevens

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Don't you feel a change a coming From another side of time, Breaking down the walls of silence, Lifting shadows from your mind. — Cat Stevens

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Positive thoughts and prayer have been the best means available, since the beginning of time, to transform darkness to light. — Cat Stevens

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I'm gonna get me a gun, all those people who put me down you better get ready to run. — Cat Stevens

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I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before. — Cat Stevens

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If you want to be you, BE YOU! — Cat Stevens

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Though times have changed, it's a nice surprise to see that youthful feeling of anti-war sentiment returning once more to the cobbled main streets of Europe. — Cat Stevens

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I suppose that by being absent from the music business, it appeared that I just dropped out, but really I never did. I was continuously working and doing various things. — Cat Stevens

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Yesterday I was on the edge Hoping everything was going to work itself out A good honest man doing the work of God Trying to make things better for Him A lover of life in a school for fools Trying to find another way to survive — Cat Stevens

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Sun is the reason And the world it will bloom 'Cause sun lights the sky And the sun lights the moon — Cat Stevens

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'Peace Train' is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again. — Cat Stevens

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Miles from nowhere. Guess I'll take my time. — Cat Stevens

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I think kids relate to me because I have some ability to remain a little bit naive. Even during interviews. Mostly during interviews. — Cat Stevens

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It's an Islamic principle that you must follow the law of the land where you reside. — Cat Stevens

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Love heats my blood, blood spins my head, and my head falls in love. — Cat Stevens

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I tried Zen and Ching, numerology, tarot cards and astrology. I tried to look back into the Bible, and could not find anything. At this time I did not know anything about Islam, and then, what I regarded as a miracle occurred. My brother had visited the mosque in Jerusalem, and was greatly impressed that while on the one hand it throbbed with life. — Cat Stevens

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At Jerusalem, I went to the mosque and sat down. A man asked me what I wanted. I told him I was a Muslim. Now I realize I can get direct contact with God, unlike Christianity or any other religion. — Cat Stevens

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I don't like applause, I must admit. Ultimately, artists are shy creatures; they're introverts. — Cat Stevens

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People who want to remember me as Cat Stevens - welcome. Those who want me as Yusuf, you're here. — Cat Stevens

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Will you carry the words of love with you? — Cat Stevens

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Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world, I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again. — Cat Stevens

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I used Coldplay's mixer, Michael H. Brauer, on 'Roadsinger'; he's brilliant. He won a Grammy for their record. — Cat Stevens

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Violence is almost an everyday occurrence in some Muslim lands: it should not be exacerbated by revenge attacks on more innocent families and communities. — Cat Stevens

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Being more mature now, I've managed to make peace with my past, as it's making peace with me. Certainly there's a mutual gain for reflecting on both phases of my life, and although I consider the here and now perhaps to be more important, there are still many people who appreciate my past ephemeral stages and the lessons they represent. — Cat Stevens

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From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen. — Cat Stevens

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I'm being followed by a moon shadow
Leaping and hopping on a moon shadow ...
Did it take long to find me, I asked the faithful light
... and are you going to stay the night? — Cat Stevens

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I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after. — Cat Stevens

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I think I will just use guitar as backing. I'm not doing a traditional folk thing, but a contemporary thing-my own version of folk, if you like. — Cat Stevens

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I let my music take me where my heart wants to go. — Cat Stevens

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I became a vegetarian, and I carried around a suitcase full of vitamins and special drinks everywhere I went. — Cat Stevens

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Businesswomen are fine. But they shouldn't be forced to pay for the raising of the family. It's the husband's job. That's the way I see it. — Cat Stevens

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I'm a little bit out of it, I suppose; I'm more of the golden oldie type. — Cat Stevens

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A lot of people would have loved me to keep singing ... You come to a point where you have sung, more or less ... your whole repertoire and you want to get down to the job of living. — Cat Stevens

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Because I don't play guitar any more, African harmonies and rhythms have been an inspiration to me. I love the raw origin of the sound. It complements my voice and words naturally. — Cat Stevens

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I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I've done it all and there's a little space for me to fill in the universe of music again. — Cat Stevens