Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) Says Drugs Burned Him Out
Two minutes into the interview, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) speaks of touring with Jimi Hendrix and "all those flowery and very interesting fellows," and "doing everything." Is he talking drugs (along with other things)? He says the experience burned him out. Drugs burned him out? We hear a lot about pop stars and drugs, and some suggest the drugs help them. Did they help Cat?
Don't know but what we didn't lose Cat to drugs. He left music for another life. Now, being in education and charity is a good line of work, but I wish he hadn't quit performing back then. It is fine to join a religion, and joining that religion did lead to his giving up music for 15 years. But I do wonder if his being burnt out from drugs and such also prompted him to leave the stage.
At any rate, the significant thing is, if he is talking drugs, he acknowledges they and that lifestyle were not a good thing for him.
Don't know but what we didn't lose Cat to drugs. He left music for another life. Now, being in education and charity is a good line of work, but I wish he hadn't quit performing back then. It is fine to join a religion, and joining that religion did lead to his giving up music for 15 years. But I do wonder if his being burnt out from drugs and such also prompted him to leave the stage.
At any rate, the significant thing is, if he is talking drugs, he acknowledges they and that lifestyle were not a good thing for him.
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