Cat Stevens quotes

Cat Stevens is a British singer-songwriter and musician, celebrated for his folk-influenced music and soulful lyrics. His songs such as "Wild World" and "Father and Son" have earned him international acclaim. He later converted to Islam and is now known as Yusuf Islam, continuing his work in music and philanthropy. Here are 143 of his quotes:

If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million ways to be, you know that there are. (Cat Stevens)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Now I've been crying lately, Thinking about the world as it is. Why must we go on hating? Why can't we live in bliss? View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Rather than go to a demonstration to burn an effigy of the author Salman Rushdie, I would have hoped that it'd be the real thing. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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And if my mind breaks up In all so many ways I know the meaning of The words, "I love you”. View quote
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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)
Life is a journey, you know; and a lot of journeys, you go out, you come back. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I listen to the wind To the wind of my soul Where I'll end up well I think, Only God really knows. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I wrote a song called "Father & Son" about the son running off to do his own thing. Now the story is about my son coming back and bringing a guitar into the house. A couple of years ago, one morning after prayers, his guitar was lying around. I picked it up and my fingers knew exactly where to go. I'd written some words and when I put them to music, it moved me and I realized I could have another job to do. Things just grew from there. (Cat Stevens)
I said, ‘Put back your heart, and sing, sing While you know you're still living.' Sing, sing, sing, while you know there's still – New Music, new Music, new Music Sweet Music can lighten us Can brighten the world – can save us. View quote
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I wanted a break. I had been on the road more or less since I was 18, you know? And I hadn't known any other life, other than, you know, hotel rooms and concerts and records and studios and press conferences. ... and to me, here was a chance to jump off that kind of wagon and see life for real. You know, actually my last album was called Back to Earth. So that was the meaning of it. I wanted to join the human race again. I didn't want to be a star. I didn't want to continue with that thing, because so much illusion and non-reality is connected to it. I wanted to be real. And so I - I kind of - I found an opportunity. And the actual point about music was - the imam who I met and who I first embraced Islam with in London's Central Mosque, he actually told me to continue making records. View quote
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Now I've been happy lately Thinking about the good things to come And I believe it could be Something good has begun. Oh, I've been smiling lately Dreaming about the world as one And I believe it could be Someday it's going to come. View quote
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Baby, I love you But if you wanna leave, take good care I hope you make a lot of nice friends out there But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world It's hard to get by just upon a smile Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world I'll always remember you like a child. View quote
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Photo: Bryan Ledgard, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: British Musician
Born: July 21, 1948
Quotes count: 143
Wikipedia: Cat Stevens

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