Cat Stevens: Can't keep it in, Gotta let it out.

To be calm when you've found something going on

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father-and-son calm father

Baby I know, the first cut is the deepest.

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cutting baby relationship

Communal well-being is central to human life.

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human-life well-being wells

All the songs that were written for that album are just all our first sophomore songs. So they're all from real life. Very sweet and very innocent. I think the theme of the album probably was just that it was our first record. ... Back when we were first making records, you didn't just make the music, you put a great deal of energy into the way it looked, and every word that was written on the whole thing.

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real song sweet

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

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music want heart

And if my mind breaks up In all so many ways I know the meaning of The words, "I love you

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mind love-you way

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

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heat falling-in-love blood

The harm done is often difficult to repair.

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difficult harm done

That there's no link between Islam and Christianity and Judaism. There wouldn't be Islam if there wasn't Christianity or Judaism, because it's all one long line of revelation. Seeing it from that point of view it makes you ask yourself why Muslims sometimes separate themselves from that large family that leads to Abraham and, even before that, to Adam. The only answer is that we're conditioned to do it by thinking, Hey, I do things better than he does.

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islam long thinking

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

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understanding war peace

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

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hunger harmony connections

Everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah.

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pleasure

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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brother dark people

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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doors philosophy boys

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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jerusalem mosques men

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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luxury christian home

I've studied various schools of thought ... I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited, but I've found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly, but even encouraged, music at certain times ...

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prophet found school

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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size space religious

There's a common threat facing all of us - Christians, Jews, and Muslims - and that is the Antichrist. It's a very deep subject, and it's a horrendous thing to contemplate. Someone will appear who is, in fact, the opposite of what he appears to be. Some people will believe in him, and that's really frightening. In Islam, there's a belief that Jesus will return to destroy the Antichrist, which is something many people don't know about the Islamic faith.

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christian believe jesus

It's true that the Internet is an equalizer, and everybody can be a star now. Musicians are more touchable these days, and that's a good thing. It's certainly the way I like to live my life, and it's why I don't do concerts in big arenas - I prefer to be in touch with my audience.

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internet living-my-life musician