Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris, known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. A child prodigy, he is considered to be one of the most critically and commercially successful musical performers of the late 20th century. Wonder signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11, and he continued performing and recording for Motown into the 2010s. He has been blind since shortly after birth...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth13 May 1950
CountryUnited States of America
Unfortunately, we have warring in the world, so the youngest minds, the brilliant minds, are sent off to war. I think that, you know, you have brilliant people with great possibilities and that's why I really am not really for war. I really am not.
I love Aretha [Franklin] and I've loved her all my life. I think she's an incredible songstress, obviously. She consistently has had this incredible voice. I remember when she was singing gospel in her father's church.
If you think of every single continent there is, on every continent, there is something, a natural resource that every continent has, or sources, that they can really survive with that, or they can trade with that. But a lot of the developed nations have taken those things from those places and have claimed it and, therefore, they're dependent on those other nations.
Trying your best to bring the water to your eyes, thinking it might stop her from woopin' your behind.
I think that to a great degree, reggae companies have become very corporate and so maybe some don't have that freedom to say whatever they want to say.
I remember the beginnings of the Kurzweil reading machine. I was one of the first to meet Ray Kurzweil and purchase the reading machine in Boston. To think that the machine was at least two and a half large suitcases at the time, and now you have a camera and it takes a picture and you have sound.
I think honestly, some people who think they're gay, they're confused.
This is like one thing that I've tried to do, and I think successfully, that when you realize that nothing really belongs to you, you begin to appreciate having an understanding of just where your head is at, and you feel so much better.
I was never afraid to put this out. That was never the issue -- ever. I wanted it to sound contemporary but still be me. It was just a matter of getting it right.
We need to have more respect for each other, ... Things have just gone really crazy, out of control. ... We're on a very weird kind of cycle.
Through the love that he expressed in his music, he showed the common bond we have between each other. God used him as an incredible vehicle and I hope he lives to be 70 times 70 times 70.
We must begin now to make the public aware that this is an important democratic right we must protect for all people. The right to vote is so precious, we must do everything we can to protect that right for all citizens.
This was great. Let's do it again, soon.
It's really me saying, 'a time to love,' meaning a time to care in the world,