Top 90 Cat Stevens Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Ooh baby, baby, it’s a wild world, it’s hard just to get by upon a smile.”

— Cat Stevens

2. “I listen to the wind, to the wind of my soul Where I end up, well, I think only God really knows.”

— Cat Stevens

3. “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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4. “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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5. “Positive thoughts and prayer have been the best means available, since the beginning of time, to transform darkness to light.”

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6. “Music is part of God’s universe.”

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7. “Don’t you feel a change a coming From another side of time, Breaking down the walls of silence, Lifting shadows from your mind.”

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8. “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.”

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9. “Everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah.”

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10. “To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.”

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11. “I let my music take me where my heart wants to go.”

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12. “Islam is not just a religion. Islam is everything.”

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13. “From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.”

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14. “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.”

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15. “If you want to be free be free.”

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16. “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.”

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17. “Say what you think; think what you mean.”

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18. “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?”

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19. “There is a social need within our lives as human beings to have harmony.”

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20. “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.”

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21. “I’m not the best of you, but I’m not the worst either.”

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22. “Life is a maze of doors and they all open from the side you’re on. Just keep on pushing hard boy, try as you may, you’re going to wind up where you started from.”

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23. “If I make a mark in time, I can’t say the mark is mine.”

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24. “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.”

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25. “Oh God! If you save me I will work for you.”

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26. “I’m gonna get me a gun, all those people who put me down you better get ready to run.”

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27. “The harm done is often difficult to repair.”

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28. “The very first lesson that I learnt from the Qur’an was the message of unity and peace.”

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29. “All things can be forgiven if we can progress.”

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30. “It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice.”

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31. “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.”

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32. “Will you carry the words of love with you?”

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33. “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.”

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34. “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.”

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35. “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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36. “In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam’s message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind.”

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37. “Love heats my blood, blood spins my head, and my head falls in love.”

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38. “Man is created to be God’s deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life.”

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39. “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.”

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40. “The words of the songs speak for themselves.”

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41. “Life is a journey, you know; and a lot of journeys, you go out, you come back.”

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42. “Communal well-being is central to human life.”

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43. “I’ve been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one. And I believe it could be someday it’s going to come.”

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44. “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.”

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45. “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.”

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46. “Baby I know, the first cut is the deepest.”

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47. “To be calm when you’ve found something going on.”

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48. “Can’t keep it in, Gotta let it out.”

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49. “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.”

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50. “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