"There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again." ― Cat Stevens Topic(s): Hope More From Cat Stevens "I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I’m an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after." "In the early days I had a very black-and-white view of everything. I think that’s kind of natural for anyone who’s just embraced Islam – or any religion – as a convert. It was important for me to duck out of the fast and furious life I’d been living as a pop star. I was in a different mood." "I became very famous, as a teenager, and my name and photo were splashed in all the media. They made me larger than life, so I wanted to live larger than life, and the only way to do that was to be intoxicated." More In Hope "Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail."― Kinky Friedman "The grand old lady of bluegrass? Well, wouldn’t that be a wonderful title to have? I hope I do enough to earn it some day."― Alison Krauss "I hope I didn’t bore you too much with my life story."― Elvis Presley