Cat Stevens
Musician
1948-07-21
Cat Stevens, also known as Yusuf Islam, is a British singer-songwriter known for influential folk and pop recordings of the 1960s and 1970s.
Books by Cat Stevens
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Cat on the Road to Findout
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Peace Train
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Quotes by Cat Stevens
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In those days a concert was a personal experience. I wanted to be as close as possible to the audience, and of course big stadiums didn't enable you to do that. It wasn't my style.
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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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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.
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There's been this argument about Coldplay stealing this melody from Joe Satriani, but, if you listen to it, it's mine! It's the 'Foreigner Suite,' it is!
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I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my laughter would make me cry.
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A person who steals bread during a famine is not treated as a thief.
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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.
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I suppose that the media and their portrayal of Islam and the almost tribal separations and divisions of the Muslims are the greatest issues confronting Muslims in the United Kingdom.
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When many astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space, and they become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah.
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I became a vegetarian, and I carried around a suitcase full of vitamins and special drinks everywhere I went.
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Communal well-being is central to human life.
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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.
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There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion.
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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.
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