I became alienated from this religious upbringing, and started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took hold of me, and perhaps I thought this was my god: the goal of making money.

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His early 1970s record albums Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat were both certified triple platinum in the United States by the RIAA. In 2006 he returned to pop music with his first album of new pop songs in 28 years entitled An Other Cup. Stevens converted to Islam in December 1977 and adopted the name Yusuf Islam the following year.