'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 let my music take me where my heart wants to go.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of following one's passion and intuition through creativity.
Cat Stevens expresses the idea that music serves as a guiding force that allows him to explore his emotions and desires. This highlights the profound connection between creativity and personal fulfillment, suggesting that one's artistic expression can lead to authentic experiences and self-discovery.
Themes
MusicHeartPassionCreativityExpression
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech at a music festival to inspire artists.
More from Cat Stevens
All quotes βIf 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
Music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony.
Cat StevensRead
I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one. And I believe it could be someday it's going to come.
Cat StevensRead
Similar quotes
The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
Pat MethenyRead
When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived.
Anne FrankRead
I like to be buttoned onto tradition. The thing is to improve it, twist it and mold it; to make something new of it; not to deny it. The riches of history can be plucked at any point.
Philip JohnsonRead
Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story, but music sometimes, just music itself, can turn into more of a maths problem. I guess everything in life is a math problem, but it can be more about an empirical route to getting the symmetry that you want, and this vibe, sonically.
Frank OceanRead
No art is sunk in the self, but rather, in art the self becomes self-forgetful in order to meet the demands of the thing seen and the thing being made.
Flannery O'ConnorRead
Art can make a difference because it pulls people up short. It says, don't accept things for their face value; you don't have to go along with any of this; you can think for yourself.
Jeanette WintersonRead