Cat Stevens Quotes

Everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Say what you think; think what you mean.

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

The sexual act – separating that from love itself – is centered solely in the body, whereas spirituality is connected to the whole self. Whether it’s a female, a taste, or a sound, all these beautiful things affect our self. We are the perceivers of beauty, and that’s why sex doesn’t quite go far enough. You can go much further with the spiritual.

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

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.