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To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

- Cat Stevens
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I grew up in the West End, so my whole background was living among theatres and musicals and the West End's coffee bars and clubs. It's kind of obvious that one day I should do something like that.

I grew up in the West End, so my whole background was living among theatres and musicals and the West End's coffee bars and clubs. It's kind of obvious that one day I should do something like that.

I've studied various schools of thought... I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited, but I've found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly, but even encouraged, music at certain times.

If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million ways to be, you know that there are.

I used to be followed by a moon shadow. Now I'm followed by all these misconceptions, and they're like a ball and chain. I just want to write music from my heart and give people a message of hope and the search for a better place.

My career is there for everyone to see and delve into.

All things can be forgiven if we can progress.

The words of the songs speak for themselves.

I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far removed from the headlines of violence, destruction and terrorism.

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To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.