Quote by Cat Stevens
Ive studied various schools of thought... I acknowledge that some

Ive studied various schools of thought… I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited, but Ive found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly, but even encouraged, music at certain times. – Cat Stevens

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I was brought up in the modern world of all the luxury and the highlight of show business. I was born into a Christian home. – Cat Stevens

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Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world, I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again. – Cat Stevens

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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

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Since I was a kid, Ive had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Mississippi Delta blues of the Thirties, Chicago blues of the Fifties, West Coast music of the mid-Sixties – but Id never really touched on dark Americana. – Robert Plant

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Theres no religion but sex and music. – Sting

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Music makes us want to live. You dont know how many times people have told me that theyd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. Thats the power music has. – Mary J. Blige

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And whether youre drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent. – Bruce Springsteen

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