I didn’t know what was going to happen next.” He added.įollowing the incident, Stevens, who had studied Buddhism as a teenager while fighting tuberculosis, received a copy of the Quran from his brother. “I would never have picked up a Quran,” he said. The tide had somehow changed and I was able to go ashore again. And I did.” I called to God and he saved me: Cat Stevens There was only one thing to do, and that was to pray to the Almighty to save me. Stevens has won a number of awards and honors over the course of his career, and. Over the course of his career, Stevens has covered a wide range of different musical genres, including folk, pop, rock, and traditional Islamic music. Following the release of Peace Train, HarperCollins will publish the picture book adaptation of Stevens’s legendary songIf You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out in Summer 2022.While narrating his near death experience to the host he said, “I didn’t know it was not advisable to go out and go swimming at that time of day, so I did…I decided to turn around and go ashore and it was then of course that I realized, I am fighting the Pacific. Cat Stevens Net Worth: Cat Stevens is a British singer-songwriter and musician who has a net worth of 10 million. Reynolds, is on-sale May 11 from HarperCollins. Peace Train, written by Cat Stevens and illustrated by Peter H. In 1996, he founded FableVision with his brother, Paul, as a social change agency to help create “stories that matter, stories that move.” He lives in Dedham, Massachusetts, with his family.Learn more at. Reynolds is the author and illustrator of many books for children, parents, and educators alike, including The Dot, Happy Dreamer, and the New York Times bestsellers The Word Collector and Say Something! His books have been translated into over twenty-five languages around the globe and are celebrated worldwide. A long-term supporter of education and relief work, in 2020 he launched the Peace Train initiative, which delivers food, medical aid, and education globally.Learn more at.
Renowned for his lifelong philanthropic work and one of the very first Goodwill Ambassadors for UNICEF, Yusuf / Cat Stevens founded his own international relief organization and was honored with the World Social Award in 2003, an award organized by Mikhail Gorbachev, for “humanitarian relief work helping children and victims of war.” The Nobel Peace Laureates recognized him with the Man for Peace Award for his philanthropy in 2004.
Says Stevens: “I wrote these lyrics more than fifty years ago, and I know the words still boom as true and loud today as they did in the 1970s."Cat Stevens is one of the most influential Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Grammy-nominated singer-songwriters of all time. Stevens invites readers to hop on the Peace Train and join its growing group of passengers who are all ready to travel together to a better world of peace and human understanding. Reynolds to produce Peace Train, a children’s book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the iconic song’s original release on his multi platinum albumTeaser and the Firecat.įeaturing joyful illustrations and the timeless lyrics of the much-loved peace anthem released in 1971, this hopeful picture book continues Stevens’s commitment to children’s education and shared love for people of all cultures and identities. Now he has partnered with New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Peter H. Cat Stevens - ’70s troubadour, singer-songwriter, inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - is known around the world for his hits including If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out, Wild World, Father and Son, and The First Cut Is the Deepest.
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