Cat Stevens Quotes

British - Musician | July 21, 1948 -

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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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