'Peace Train' is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.
Cat StevensRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote reflects a desire to break free from misconceptions and share authentic messages through music.
In this quote, Cat Stevens expresses a feeling of being constrained by misconceptions that have accumulated around him, likening them to a 'ball and chain'. He contrasts this burden with his true passion for creating heartfelt music that conveys hope and a vision for a better future, suggesting that art can be a powerful means of personal expression and influence.
Themes
MusicMisconceptionsHopeExpressionFreedom
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to aspiring artists about the importance of authenticity.
More from Cat Stevens
All quotes →If you want to be free, be free, because there's a million things to be.
Cat StevensRead
I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my laughter would make me cry.
Cat StevensRead
Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world, I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again.
Cat StevensRead
I let my music take me where my heart wants to go.
Cat StevensRead
Music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony.
Cat StevensRead
Similar quotes
The greatest voice of all time.
Elvis PresleyRead
There was a point in the '80s when I looked out at my audience and I saw people that - were I not on the stage - they'd sooner slug me as they walked by me on the sidewalk. And I realized that I was way beyond the choir.
Michael StipeRead
If you wanna make money in music, you're better off being on the business end of it a lot of the time. And also as a musician, if you do make money, it means you had to bite and scratch and kick the whole way to not get ripped off, because at every corner, there's somebody there waiting to trip you up and take a bigger chunk.
Chris CornellRead
My aim as a frontman is always to try and shrink the venue, if you can, to turn that football stadium into the world's smallest club. At least you have to try.
Bruce DickinsonRead
The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.
Russell SimmonsRead
Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the right moment could change history.
Pete SeegerRead