Interview for Melody Maker http://justbackdated.blogspot.com/2014/06/cat-stevens-1970-interview.html with Chris Charlesworth (July 1970)
Context: It seems as if I am making a comeback but I have never really been away. It’s very strange because the whole attitude changes and everything is turned inside out. Now I am seeing the shiny side again. <!--
It has made all the difference to me because I had to have that break.
Source: Boria Majumdar "I'll play with anyone for my country: Sania Mirza"
“What we've learned over this year is that hope is making a comeback. It is making a comeback.”
Campaign rally, Madison, Wisconsin, CSPAN: Campaign 2008 (18 February 2008)
2000s
Context: What we've learned over this year is that hope is making a comeback. It is making a comeback. And let me tell you something — for the first time in my adult lifetime, I'm really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction and just not feeling so alone in my frustration and disappointment. I've seen people who are hungry to be unified around some basic common issues, and it's made me proud.
“I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.”
Source: Lady Sings the Blues (1956), Ch. 23.
“It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any.”
“Necessary turnback makes a great comeback”
Source: Philosophies from an old Journal
“Don't call it a comeback
I've been here for years.”
Mama Said Knock You Out
Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
On the question as to her feelings about the media's obsession with her ethnicity
Engagement interview (November 2017)
from "Oxford Road Show", BBC2 (March 1985)
In interviews etc., About himself and his work
"The Duchess and the Bugs", 'Lanterns & Lances (1961).
From Lanterns and Lances
