Top 90 Cat Stevens Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “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.”

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52. “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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53. “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.”

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54. “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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55. “Then one day I found my head when I wasn’t even trying.”

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56. “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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57. “I always stood for the elimination of conflict and wars, and any of those causes that ignite them.”

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58. “There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion.”

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59. “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.”

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60. “I’ve returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before.”

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61. “My career is there for everyone to see and delve into.”

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62. “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.”

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63. “They have hijacked my religion.”

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64. “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.”

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65. “A person who steals bread during a famine is not treated as a thief.”

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66. “Salman Rushdie, indeed any writer who abuses the prophet or indeed any prophet under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death.”

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

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68. “Moderation is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam.”

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69. “Man may live and man may die searching for the question why. But if he tries to rule the sky, he must fall.”

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70. “I enjoy life. I think I’ll enjoy death even more. Life is too confusing.”

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71. “Music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony.”

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72. “After embracing Islam in 1977, I considered the majority of underprivileged dark-skinned people of the so-called Third World brothers and sisters in humanity.”

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73. “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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74. “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.”

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75. “If I ever loose my eyes, I won’t have to cry no more.”

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76. “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.”

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77. “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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78. “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.”

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79. “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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80. “I can never quite trust anybody anymore.”

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81. “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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82. “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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83. “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.”

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84. “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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85. “I never thought I’d be on the same stage as Kiss.”

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86. “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.”

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87. “It’s very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work.”

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88. “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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89. “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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90. “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.”

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91. “Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context.”

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