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. Cat Stevens More Quotes by Cat Stevens More Quotes From Cat Stevens A flight from London carrying the artist we all used to know as Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, was forced to make an emergency landing in Bangor, Maine after his name showed up on a terrorist no-fly list. I tell you, it's a real success story in the war on terror. You know, we finally got the guy that wrote "Peace Train. Cat Stevens cat real war If I make a mark in time, I can't say the mark is mine. Cat Stevens mines mark expression 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. Cat Stevens guitar use thinking I remember when I was a kid, when I just used to love listening to something again and again and over and over. You know, everybody else got sick of it, but I loved that discovery of music and what it did to my world, to my imagination. And so I started really considering, "Yeah, I've got to do more," for kids, particularly. Cat Stevens sick discovery kids 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 Cat Stevens good-friend body needs I tried Zen and Ching, numerology, tarot cards and astrology. I tried to look back into the Bible, and could not find anything. At this time I did not know anything about Islam, and then, what I regarded as a miracle occurred. My brother had visited the mosque in Jerusalem, and was greatly impressed that while on the one hand it throbbed with life. Cat Stevens astrology brother hands Salman Rushdie, indeed any writer who abuses the prophet or indeed any prophet under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death. Cat Stevens islamic abuse law 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. Cat Stevens three parent jesus 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. Cat Stevens islam issues media I never thought I'd be on the same stage as Kiss. Cat Stevens stage kissing fame If you want to be free, be free, because there's a million things to be. Cat Stevens freedom hippie want I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before. Cat Stevens strings-attached ties giving 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. Cat Stevens media stars religious Will you carry the words of love with you? Cat Stevens love-you I'm not the best of you, but I'm not the worst either. Cat Stevens worst fame Being larger than life, or being projected as such in the music business, leads you to question yourself. Some people try to forget about it by taking drugs or too much drink, but I was never like that. I was aware that there were very serious, big questions, and I was petrified about what might be in store for me. Cat Stevens drug trying people Don't you feel a change a coming From another side of time, Breaking down the walls of silence, Lifting shadows from your mind. Cat Stevens wall silence mind But when it comes to being loved, she's first/That's how I know Cat Stevens first-love cutting firsts All things can be forgiven if we can progress. Cat Stevens forgiven progress all-things To be calm when you've found something going on Cat Stevens father-and-son calm father
