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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.

Cat Stevens

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

Cat Stevens

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

It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work.

Cat Stevens

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.

Cat Stevens

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

Cat Stevens

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

Music is part of God's universe.

Cat Stevens

Peace Train is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions of human beings.

Cat Stevens

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

Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context.

Cat Stevens

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.

Cat Stevens

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.

Cat Stevens

The latest horror to hit the U.S. looks to have been caused by people of Middle Eastern origin, bearing Muslim names. Again, shame. This fuels more hatred for a religion and a people who have nothing to do with these events.

Cat Stevens

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.

Cat Stevens

The very first lesson that I learnt from the Qur'an was the message of unity and peace.

Cat Stevens

The words of the songs speak for themselves.

Cat Stevens

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

Cat Stevens

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

Cat Stevens

They have hijacked my religion.

Cat Stevens