Cat Stevens Quotes

She moves like and angel And seven evening stars Dance through the window Of her universal house

And if I ever lose my hands,
Lose my power, lose my land.
Oh, if I ever lose my hands,
Ooh, I won't have to work no more.<p>And if I ever lose my eyes,
If my colors all run dry.
Yes, if I ever lose my eyes,
Ooh, I won't have to cry no more.<p>Yes, I'm bein' followed by a moon shadow,
Moon shadow, moon shadow.
Leapin' and hoppin' on a moon shadow,
Moon shadow, moon shadow.

A lot of people would have loved me to keep singing … You come to a point where you have sung, more or less … your whole repertoire and you want to get down to the job of living. You know, up until that point, I hadn't had a life. I'd been searching, been on the road.

I know many fine feathered friends But their friendliness depends on how you do They know many sure fired ways, To find out the one who pays And how you do

Rather than go to a demonstration to burn an effigy of the author Salman Rushdie, I would have hoped that it'd be the real thing.

All the times that I’ve cried, keeping all the things I knew inside, It’s hard, but it’s harder to ignore it

When two hearts are meant for each other no distance is so far, no time is so long and no other love can break them apart.

Be you dust; or be you star
To be what you must
Just reach out for what you are

Geoffrey Robertson: You don't think that this man deserves to die?
Yusuf Islam: Who, Salman Rushdie?
Robertson: Yes.
Islam: Yes, yes.
Robertson: And do you have a duty to be his executioner?
Islam: Uh, no, not necessarily, unless we were in an Islamic state and I was ordered by a judge or by the authority to carry out such an act — perhaps, yes.

Life is like a maze of doors and then all open on 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.

Her clothes are made of rainbows And twenty thousand tears Shine through the spaces Of her golden ochre hair

If I laugh just a little bit Maybe I can forget the chance That I didn’t have to know you And live in peace, in peace

Bring tea for the Tillerman, Steak for the sun, Wine for the women who made the rain come, Seagulls sing your hearts away ‘Cause while the sinners sin, the children play

Sun is the reason And the world it will bloom ‘Cause sun lights the sky And the sun lights the moon

Underneath her kiss I was so unguarded Every bottle’s empty now and all those dreams are gone Ah, but the song carries on … so holy