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.
From Cat Stevens
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.
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.
My career is there for everyone to see and delve into.
I'm a little bit out of it, I suppose; I'm more of the golden oldie type.
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.
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.
Music is part of God's universe.
It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice.
Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context.
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