Cat Stevens: Trending quotes (page 4)

“Come the morning I’ll be far from here
Slowly rising in another sphere”

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Home In The Sky
Song lyrics, Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974)

“Her breath a warm fire
In every lovers heart
A mistress to magicians
And a dancer to the gods”

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Angelsea
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)

God , Lovers , Heart

“Lord, my body has been a good friend
But I won't need it when I reach the end
Miles from nowhere,
Guess I'll take my time
Oh yeah, to reach there”

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Miles From Nowhere
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)

Time

“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.”

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As quoted in "Cat Stevens Gives Support To Call for Death of Rushdie," by Craig R. Whitney, in The New York Times (23 May 1989), p. C18 http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/18/specials/rushdie-cat.html

Hope

“I never wanted to be a star,
I never wanted to travel far
I only wanted a little bit of love
So I could put a little love in my heart”

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(I Never Wanted) To Be A Star
Song lyrics, Izitso (1977)

Love , Travel , Star , Heart

“The first cut is the deepest, Baby I know —
The first cut is the deepest
'Cause when it comes to being lucky, she's cursed
When it comes to lovin' me, she's worst
But when it comes to being loved, she's first
That's how I know
The first cut is the deepest.”

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The First Cut Is the Deepest, from New Masters (1967)
Song lyrics

Love , Baby

“Sing a song of love and truth
We’ll soon remember if you do
When all things were tall
And our friends were small
And the world was new”

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Silent Sunlight
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)

Love , Truth , World , Singing

“As years went by the boy grew high
And the village looked on in awe
They’d never seen anything like
The boy with the moon and star before
And people would ride from far and wide
just to seek the word he spread
"I'll tell you everything I've learned,"
And "Love", is all he said.”

Cat Stevens

Boy With A Moon And Star On His Head
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)

Love , People , Star , Boy

“My Lady D'Arbanville, why do you sleep so still?
I'll wake you tomorrow, and you will be my fill,
Yes, you will be my fill”

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Lady D'Arbanville
Song lyrics, Mona Bone Jakon (1970)

Sleep

“How can I tell you that I love you, I love you
But I can’t think of right words to say.”

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How Can I Tell You
Song lyrics, Teaser and the Firecat (1971)

Love , Thinking

“I listen to the wind
To the wind of my soul
Where I’ll end up well I think,
Only God really knows”

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The Wind
Song lyrics, Teaser and the Firecat (1971)

God , Soul , Thinking

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

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Father and Son
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)

Time

“O love! O love!
Be with us always
We who will perish salute death
Life alone goes on!”
O caritas, O caritas nobis semper sit amor mos perituri mortem salutamus — ah, ah sola resurgit vita

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O caritas, O caritas
nobis semper sit amor
mos perituri mortem salutamus — ah, ah
sola resurgit vita
"O' Caritas" (co-written with Andreas Toumazis and Jeremy Taylor)
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)

Love , Life , Death

“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”

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Tea For The Tillerman
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)

Women , Children , Wine , Singing

“Well I rode a while, for a mile or so
Down the road to the 18th Avenue
And the people I saw were the people I know
And they all came down to take a view”

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18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare)
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)

People

“It’s not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy
You’re still young, that’s your fault,
There’s so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old, but I’m happy”

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Father and Son
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)