"I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I've done it all and there's a little space for me to fill in the universe of music again.“

-Cat Stevens

posted in Music

Cat Stevens quote on Music: "I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I'..." - Aesthetic Wallpaper & Wisdom

Other Quotes by Cat Stevens

Discover more inspiring quotes by Cat Stevens

"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

RespectView Quote

"In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind."

-Cat Stevens

PeaceView Quote

"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."

-Cat Stevens

FamousView Quote

"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."

-Cat Stevens

ReligionView Quote

"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."

-Cat Stevens

ReligionView Quote

"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

MusicView Quote

Same Category

More quotes in this category

"Without music, life would be a mistake."

-Friedrich Nietzsche

MusicView Quote

"If music be the food of love, play on."

-William Shakespeare

MusicView Quote

"Love is a friendship set to music."

-Joseph Campbell

MusicView Quote

"Develop an interest in life as you see it the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."

-Henry Miller

MusicView Quote

"My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary."

-Martin Luther

MusicView Quote

"Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul."

-Johann Sebastian Bach

MusicView Quote