Panguva yaakanga achidzidza Koran, Stevens akatanga kuziva zvakawanda uye zvakawanda nenyaya yaJosefa, murume akatengwa uye akatengeswa pamusika, izvo zvaakataura kuti akanga achiwedzera kunzwa mukati mimhanzi bhizimisi. Achitaura kutendeuka kwake, muna 2006 bvunzurudzo pamwe Alan Yentob, akati, "Kune vamwe vanhu, zvingave zvaiita sechinhu chikuru kusvetuka, asi kwandiri, kwaiva zvishoma nezvishoma kufamba ichi". Uye, mune imwe Rolling Stone magazini bvunzurudzo, akasimbisa izvi, achiti, "Ndakanga ndawana musha womudzimu Ndave kutsvaka nokuda vakawanda hwangu upenyu. Uye kana uchiteerera mimhanzi yangu uye mashoko, akafanana "Rugare Train" uye "On The Road To Find Out", Davies kunoratidza gore rangu uye zvokunamata mirayiridzo ndakanga kufamba. "Stevens Islam zvakajeka akatendeukira kuchitendero chechiMuslim musi December 23, 1977, mumwe nomumwe mwanakomana wake akatendeukira kuna Islam.
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