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Art was what I originally started out to do and music came second at first. I had a year at art college but I left because it was too much like school. I give all my paintings away to people I like.

— Cat Stevens

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We believe that the civilised world is a multicultural, multi-religious world. That is the type of message we want to get across.

I never called for the death of Salman Rushdie; nor backed the Fatwa issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini — and still don’t.

We understand the anger, the anguish and suffering which this act of international terrorism has created amongst people.

I want to just get heart-to-heart, make sure people understand some of the real subtle beauties of what I've discovered.

Certainly I regret giving those sorts of responses now.

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