Five or Eleven Quotes from Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), plus a song and its lyric
(born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948)
"Communal well-being is central to human life."
"Ever since I became a Muslim, I've had to deal with attempts to
damage my reputation and countless insinuations seeking to cast doubt on
my character and trying to connect me to causes which I do not
subscribe to."
"If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be
free, cause there's a million ways to be, you know that there are.
"Everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah."
"It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice."
"Peace Train is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to
breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions of human beings."
"Moderation is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam."
"People have times in their lives when they are forced to examine themselves."
"The very first lesson that I learnt from the Qur'an was the message of unity and peace."
"To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are."
"Music is part of God's universe."
Peace Train
Now I've been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun
Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come
Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
Now I've been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun
Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on now peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller
Everyone jump upon the peace train
Come on now peace train
Get your bags together, go bring your good friends too
Cause it's getting nearer, it soon will be with you
Now come and join the living, it's not so far from you
And it's getting nearer, soon it will all be true
Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating, why can't we live in bliss
Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again.
And I believe it could be, something good has begun
Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come
Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
Now I've been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun
Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on now peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller
Everyone jump upon the peace train
Come on now peace train
Get your bags together, go bring your good friends too
Cause it's getting nearer, it soon will be with you
Now come and join the living, it's not so far from you
And it's getting nearer, soon it will all be true
Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating, why can't we live in bliss
Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again.
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