“I became alienated from this religious upbringing, and started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took hold of me, and perhaps I thought this was my god: the goal of making money.”

British singer-songwriter and musician

Yusuf Islam, widely known as Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and musician. Born in 1948, he became known for a long career that moved through folk, rock, and pop, and later into Islamic music. He has 77 quotes on the site. His recordings have sold more than 100 million copies, and his music has drawn more than two billion streams. After two decades of performing only music that met strict religious standards, he returned to secular music in 2006. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 and has also received honorary doctorates and awards for promoting peace and humanitarian causes.