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Cat Stevens accuses Coldplay of stealing one of his tunes". Metro Lyrics. 4 May 2009. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009 . Retrieved 7 March 2010. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) Steiger Award honoured in the category "International" for his commitment to charitable projects [182] [183] I like Cat Stevens' music best when watching Harold and Maude, and I love his version of "Morning has Broken." I don't consider "Foreigner Suite" to be a prog epic, or even prog.

a b "2005 ASCAP Press release". Ascap.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2009 . Retrieved 27 July 2009.

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In June 2023, Yusuf / Cat Stevens performed shows in Berlin, Hamburg, Rome, Marbella and made his first ever appearance at Glastonbury Festival. [176] [nb 1] Interview". Mountain of Light. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011 . Retrieved 8 December 2015.

In July 2007, he performed at a concert in Bochum, Germany, in benefit of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's Peace Centre in South Africa and the Milagro Foundation of Deborah and Carlos Santana. The audience included Nobel Laureates Mikhail Gorbachev, Desmond Tutu and other prominent global figures. He later appeared as the final act in the German leg of Live Earth in Hamburg performing some classic Cat Stevens songs and more recent compositions reflecting his concern for peace and child welfare. His set included Stevie Wonder's "Saturn", "Peace Train", "Where Do the Children Play?", "Ruins", and "Wild World". He performed at the Peace One Day concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 21 September 2007. [138] Cohen, Moshe (10 April 2014). "Report: Muslim Convert Cat Stevens Has a Jewish Brother". Arutz Sheva . Retrieved 23 November 2016. Gordon is the co-founder with Yael Drouyannoff of Peace Child Israel, which teaches coexistence using theater and the arts. Alfred William Cramer (2009). Musicians & Composers of the 20th Century: Gram Parsons-Igor Stravinsky. Salem Press. pp. 1405–1406. ISBN 978-1-58765-516-6.Following his conversion to Islam, Cat Stevens (now named Yusuf Islam), abandoned his musical career for nearly two decades. When he became a Muslim in 1977, the Imam at his mosque told him that it was fine to continue as a musician, as long as the songs were morally acceptable, but others were saying that "it was all prohibited", and he decided to avoid the question by ceasing to perform. [86] He has said that there was "a combination of reasons, really", and that the continuing demands of the music business had been "becoming a chore, and not an inspiration anymore". [86] Note: Yusuf's denial on Radio 4: "I was really certainly not prepared or equipped to deal with sharp-toothed journalists and the whole way in which the media spins stories, and so I was cleverly framed, I would say, by certain questions where I couldn't, for instance, rewrite the ten Commandments; you can't expect me to do that! At the same time, I never actually ever supported the fatwa. I even wrote a whole kind of press statement very early on which the press completely ignored. And they went for the one which was written by the journalist who originally wrote the story, and so I had to live through that; but the interesting thing is that it brought me to kind of study the whole subject of jurisprudence, which again led me to realise that music, where you have certain rules which are dictated to by certain scholars, you have to dig a bit deeper and you find out that no, hang on, this is an opinion, an opinion, that's what a fatwa is actually. An opinion, which doesn't come directly from the Koran at all." The accusation that I do not speak or interact with ladies who are not veiled is an absurdity.... It's true that I have asked my manager to respectfully request that lady presenters refrain from embracing me when giving awards or during public appearances, but that has nothing to do with my feelings or respect for them. Islam simply requires me to honour the dignity of ladies or young girls who are not closely related to me, and avoid physical intimacy, however innocent it may be. Stevens contracted tuberculosis in 1969 [30] [46] and was close to death at the time of his admission to the King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, Sussex. [46] He spent months recuperating in the hospital and a year of convalescence. During this time, Stevens began to question aspects of his life and spirituality. He later said, "To go from the show business environment and find you are in hospital, getting injections day in and day out, and people around you are dying, it certainly changes your perspective. I got down to thinking about myself. It seemed almost as if I had my eyes shut." [38] Word from Our Chairman Yusuf Islam". Small Kindness. Archived from the original on 17 July 2006 . Retrieved 6 May 2006.

Solomon, Deborah (7 January 2007). "Questions for Yusuf Islam: Singing a New Song". The New York Times Magazine . Retrieved 29 January 2009. Surah 107:Small Kindness – al Ma'oun". Archived from the original on 30 May 2009 . Retrieved 11 February 2009. Islam, Yusuf. "Biography". catstevens.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021 . Retrieved 26 May 2022.

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Goo, Sara Kehaulani (23 September 2004). "Cat Stevens leaves U.S. after entry denied". The Washington Post . Retrieved 6 December 2007. a b Mingels, Guido (21 May 2008). " "To Be, You Must Give up What You Are" – Interview with Yusuf Islam (2006)". ARABIA.pl (reprinted Qantara.de) . Retrieved 15 October 2015. Martin, Rachel. "Yusuf Revisits 'Tea For The Tillerman,' His Landmark Album As Cat Stevens". NPR . Retrieved 22 September 2020. Greene, Andy (28 May 2020). "Yusuf/Cat Stevens Re-Records 'Tea for the Tillerman' for 50th Anniversary". Rolling Stone. Paste staff (8 June 2006). "Paste's 100 Best Living Songwriters: The List". Paste . Retrieved 18 June 2009.

He took up meditation, yoga, and metaphysics, [47] read about other religions and became a vegetarian. [37] As a result of his serious illness and long convalescence [47] and as a part of his spiritual awakening and questioning, he wrote as many as 40 songs, many of which would appear on his albums in later years. [13] Changes in musical sound after illness [ edit ] Cat Stevens performs at the Kennedy Center Sept. 22 (by Peggy McGlone)". The Washington Post. 9 August 2016 . Retrieved 15 August 2016. The World Awards 2003 Honoring The Best". World Connection. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 March 2006 . Retrieved 21 July 2008. In mid-2005, Islam played guitar for the Dolly Parton album Those Were the Days on her version of his "Where Do the Children Play?" (Parton had also covered "Peace Train" a few years earlier.) Cat Stevens to tour NZ for first time – National – NZ Herald News". The New Zealand Herald. 25 April 2010 . Retrieved 29 June 2010.For seven months, in 1971 and 1972, Stevens was romantically linked to popular singer Carly Simon, while both were being produced by Samwell-Smith. During that time, they each wrote songs for, and about, one another. Simon wrote and recorded at least two Top 50 songs, "Legend in Your Own Time" and " Anticipation" about Stevens. He reciprocated with a song to her, written after their romance, entitled "Sweet Scarlet". [58] [59] [60] There was a time I listened to Cat Stevens. But sorry folks, anyone who openly advocates the murder (on religious grounds) of another artist no longer deserves any consideration for anything.