Who is Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later in his career, Islamic music. He returned to making secular music in 2006. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.His 1967 debut album and its title song "Matthew and Son" both reached top ten in the UK charts. Stevens' albums Tea for the Tillerman (1970) and Teaser and the Firecat (1971) were certified triple platinum in the US. His 1972 album Catch Bull at Four went to No.1 on Billboard Pop Albums and spent weeks at the top of several major charts. He earned ASCAP songwriting awards in 2005 and 2006 for "The First C...Read Full Biography of Cat Stevens
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- This is the beauty of the Qur'an: it asks you to reflect and reason, and not to worship the sun or moon but the One who has created everything. The Qur'an asks man to reflect upon the sun and moon and God's creation in general.
- 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.
- I suppose that by being absent from the music business, it appeared that I just dropped out, but really I never did. I was continuously working and doing various things.
- Salman Rushdie, indeed any writer who abuses the prophet or indeed any prophet under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death.
- In those days a concert was a personal experience. I wanted to be as close as possible to the audience, and of course big stadiums didn't enable you to do that. It wasn't my style.
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Radiohollow: cat stevens - wild worldEdwardandstede: (miles from nowhere by cat stevens playing.)
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Speedpasterobot: “then cat stevens bubbled up in the guardian like a fart in a bathtub,still demanding that rushdie withdraw his book & “repent” & claiming that his support of the fatwa was in line with the 10 commandments. (in later years he wd pretend that he had never said any of these things”
Torysmasher: just been watching film of cat stevens performing on german tv's 'beat club' in the mid-60s singing 'come on and dance'. sadly he looked like manuel from fawlty towers.
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