'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
Music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Music fulfills our inner need for connection and harmony with others.
This quote by Cat Stevens emphasizes the fundamental role of music in human life, suggesting that it serves as a vital source of emotional nourishment that transcends individual experiences. Music not only connects us to our own feelings but also fosters a sense of harmony and community among people, fulfilling a deep-seated longing for connection and understanding.
Themes
MusicConnectionHarmonyEmotionalNourishment
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech at a music festival, one might say this quote to emphasize the power of music in bringing people together.
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
I let my music take me where my heart wants to go.
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
American poetry is this country's greatest patrimony. It takes a stranger to see some things clearly. This is one of them, and I am that stranger.
Joseph BrodskyRead
To me, the great joy of writing is discovering. Most writers are told to write about what they know, but I still love the adventure of going out and reporting on things I don't know about.
Tom WolfeRead
I'm glad about what's happening to the music business. This last crop of people we had in the 90s, who are going away now, they didn't like music. They didn't trust musicians. They wanted something else from it.
James TaylorRead
Conceptual art became the liberating idea that gave the art of the next 40 years its real impetus.
Sol LewittRead
Delacroix was passionately in love with passion, but coldly determined to express passion as clearly as possible.
Charles BaudelaireRead
The way a character looks reflects what's on the inside. I can make myself look really bad, and I can make myself look kind of gorgeous. It's not about me; it's about the character.
Toni ColletteRead