Stevie Wonder Quotes

I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it. ~ Stevie Wonder

For the most part, I feel really comfortable with what I've given to the people. I want to give it to them again. ~ Stevie Wonder

I lived in Detroit until I was six. My older sister was living with us, and she listened to the Ohio Players and Stevie Wonder, so I grew up listening to stuff like that. ~ Boots Riley

I want to take all the pain that I feel and celebrate and turn it around. ~ Stevie Wonder

I listen to older music a lot more than new singers. I listen to whatever's on the radio, but when I want to listen to something that moves me I put on a Stevie Wonder record. ~ Mariah Carey

I love Radiohead, which most people don't expect, and I listen to everything from Stevie Wonder to Steely Dan, Carole King, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, Beyonce Knowles, Vampire Weekend, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Burt Bacharach, and Paul Simon. ~ Eliza Doolittle

I tell this joke about Barack Obama is the best communicator of our generation: The guy reads a teleprompter better than any Hollywood actor. John McCain, his opponent - Stevie Wonder reads a teleprompter better than John McCain. ~ Frank Luntz

When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer. ~ Stevie Wonder

breath,
life after seven decades plus three years
is a lot of breathing. seventy three years on this
earth is a lot of taking in and giving out, is a
life of coming from somewhere and for many a bunch
of going nowhere.

how do we celebrate a poet who has created
music with words for over fifty years, who has
showered magic on her people, who has redefined
poetry into a black world exactness
thereby giving the universe an insight into
darkroads?

just say she interprets beauty and wants to
give life, say she is patient with phoniness
and doesn't mind people calling her gwen or sister.
say she sees the genius in our children, is visionary
about possibilities, sees as clearly as ray charles and
stevie wonder, hears like determined elephants looking
for food. say that her touch is fine wood, her memory
is like an african roadmap detailing adventure and
clarity, yet returning to chicago's south evans
to record the journey. say her voice is majestic
and magnetic as she speaks in poetry, rhythms, song
and spirited trumpets, say she is dark skinned,
melanin rich, small-boned, hurricane-willed,
with a mind like a tornado redefining the landscape.

life after seven decades plus three years
is a lot of breathing.
gwendolyn, gwen, sister g has
not disappointed our expectations.
in the middle
Haki R. Madhubuti

For me, the highlight was meeting all the Motown acts, as I adore black soul music. I met Stevie Wonder who I love, and Diana Ross And The Supremes. I also met The Carpenters. I was actually there in the studio when they recorded We've Only Just Begun. ~ Tony Blackburn

When you feel your life's too hard, just go have a talk with God. Well, he's the only free psychiatrist that's known throughout the world. ~ Stevie Wonder

As I've gotten old I've really listened to a wide spectrum of music, whether it's The Carpenters, Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z or Lauryn Hill. I've kinda' run the gamut, and in listening to so many different styles, you come to take bits and pieces from all of it. ~ Brooklyn Sudano

My father really was not the dominant person who raised the family, it was my mother who raised the family. ~ Stevie Wonder

No one has been a greater advocate for the power of love in this world than I; both in my life and in my music. ~ Stevie Wonder

I am all for stem cell research. ~ Stevie Wonder

He knows I rip him off every day. He's the godfather for me. Nobody can say they aren't influenced by what Stevie Wonder has done. ~ Brian McKnight

As a matter of fact, wherever I find that law exists, I will not perform in that state or in that part of the world. ~ Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder is just one of those guys that completely delivers everything that you want to be true about Stevie Wonder. He's an amazing human being, and the fairytale exists with that man. ~ Adam Levine

The Lord that I serve says the impossible is unacceptable. ~ Stevie Wonder

I am all for anything that is going to better equip a person who is physically challenged in any way, to have an opportunity to be able to do what they are able to do. ~ Stevie Wonder

I grew up in the '70s, and I hear in my own stuff a lot of what I grew up listening to, which is to say I hear a lot of Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder. ~ Jason Robert Brown

Hold onto your dreams 'cause they're always worth havin'. Hold on to your dreams til the day your life is said and done. ~ Stevie Wonder

I've always asked to be able to speak and write about injustice and to do it in a way that would encourage people to make things better for everyone. ~ Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on. ~ Madonna Ciccone

A frowning face can't bring out the beauty that you are. ~ Stevie Wonder

Personally, I prefer Stevie Wonder," confessed the Chink, "but what the hell. Those cowgirls are always bitching because the only radio station in the area plays nothing but polkas, but I say you can dance to anything if you really feel like dancing." To prove it, he got up and danced to the news. ~ Tom Robbins

Sneaking out the back door to hand out with those hoodlum friends of mine. ~ Stevie Wonder

Every day I searched for the star
That never was in the sky
Now I see that star is on the earth ~ Stevie Wonder

There is something complete about Stevie Wonder, and one senses that he is not only exceptionally important today, but will continue to be for as long as he chooses. ~ Jon Landau

I saw George Bush at a benefit concert actually waving at Stevie Wonder. Someone had to tell him 'he can't see you'. ~ Anne Robinson

When the truths of love are planted firm, they won't be hard to find. And words of love I speak to you will echo in your mind. ~ Stevie Wonder

My love lives outside my window
Clouds burst to give water
So her love can grow
My love smiles to me each morning
Says she'll never leave me
And I know it's so ~ Stevie Wonder

I can't ignore what I grew up listening to. My parents used to listen to Michael Jackson non-stop. They used to listen to Luther Vandross, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder. ~ Fleur East

Ray Charles, who said to Stevie Wonder, Maybe we're white. Never got a dinner! ~ Red Buttons

You knew the difference between Barbra Streisand and Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles, straight away. Now everyone sounds like each other, and I don't think that's right. ~ Bobby Womack

Do you know, it's funny, but I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage. ~ Stevie Wonder

The musical flags of the world should fly at half mast because truly one of the greatest guitarists in the world and king of the blues has died. I have cherished him and so has the rest of the world who knew him and loved him for his entire career. As we pain, we must celebrate that his music, his style of playing and singing will last forever, from the recordings that he has done and the influence that he has had and will have on guitarists all over this planet. Long live the spirit of B.B. King. ~ Stevie Wonder

My parents had a huge pile of records - vinyl! - that I loved, especially the Motown stuff, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding. ~ Jonny Lang

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period. ~ Stevie Wonder

Sometimes, I feel I am really blessed to be blind because I probably would not last a minute if I were able to see things. ~ Stevie Wonder

I know there are thousands of images of me. ~ Stevie Wonder

Through the ages all great men have taught truth and happiness can't be bought. ~ Stevie Wonder

My favorites are Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, but those are a little off in terms of getting Detroit right on the head. But of course, you know, "Dancing In The Streets." You can't forget the Motor City. And we can't forget the Motor City. ~ David Maraniss

Brother says he's telling about you playing Doctor with that girl. ~ Stevie Wonder

My mother had a rule, obviously, that I couldn't go across the street by myself, but I had to find a way of doing it. ~ Stevie Wonder

Lauryn Hill, P-Funk, Marvin Gaye, Public Enemy - I have a very diverse palate for music. I can go from Judy Garland to Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Wonder to Rachmaninoff. I just love great music. ~ Janelle Monae

Stevie Wonder used to come the ball games and they would have a guy sitting with him. And the guy would be holding on to his arm, telling him what's going on, and he would say, "Hey, the big chocolate guy just put down a thunder dunk. The chocolate guy with another monster dunk." And Stevie Wonder actually gave me the nickname Chocolate Thunder. ~ Darryl Dawkins

There's a Place in the Sun, where there's hope for everyone. ~ Stevie Wonder

There're songs to make you smile, there're songs to make you sad. But with a happy song to sing it never seems as bad. ~ Stevie Wonder

Nobody put the camera on the background singers who were singing. It was on Stevie Wonder. It was on Elton John. It was on whoever was the lead singer out front. We were 20 feet from stardom. ~ Darlene Love

Exploitation, mutilation, mutations, confirmation to the evils of the world. ~ Stevie Wonder

We all have hearts ... If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody. ~ Stevie Wonder

I've had some incredibly triumphal things happen in my life. ~ Stevie Wonder

Smoking cigarettes and writing something nasty on the wall, teacher sends you to the Principal's office down the hall. ~ Stevie Wonder

Sometimes I wish I could drive a car, but I'm gonna drive a car one day, so I don't worry about that. ~ Stevie Wonder

You know, I always when people ask me, like, what is my most favorite song, I quote Duke Ellington, when they would ask him, what's his favorite composition? And I say, I haven't written it yet. Because, you know, there are different songs for different occasions. ~ Stevie Wonder

You know, I have seven children, so I guess I know some things about life. ~ Stevie Wonder

There were three great child singing stars: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Jackie Washington. ~ Don Cornelius

Stevie Wonder could make one of 23 shots. - On North Carolina missing 22 of its last 23 shots in losing to Georgetown in the NCAA tournament. ~ Charles Barkley

There may be a brighter star. But through my eyes the light of you is all I see. ~ Stevie Wonder

I am grateful I got the chance to meet Stevie Wonder! He's like royalty to me and is one of my biggest inspirations. ~ Hunter Hayes

I'm too high, but I ain't left the ground. ~ Stevie Wonder

People can misconstrue closeness for love. ~ Stevie Wonder

I live by syllogisms: God is love. Love is blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God. I don't know what I'd believe in if it wasn't for that. ~ Stephen Colbert

I like Stevie Wonder. I usually wind up playing the same old tapes in the car. ~ Elton John

Hate knows that love is the cure. ~ Stevie Wonder

Even though we sometimes would not get a thing, we were happy with the joy the day would bring. ~ Stevie Wonder

I was so bad. Out of control. So glad I turned out to be a nice guy. ~ Stevie Wonder

Why has there never been a holiday where peace is celebrated all throughout the world? ~ Stevie Wonder

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it. ~ Stevie Wonder

Minds ripen at very different ages. ~ Stevie Wonder

In my career, I learned that giving your services for free gives you a good return on your investment, not just financially but morally. It supplements your personal integrity. ~ Stevie Wonder

Until we Dream of Life and Life becomes a Dream ... ~ Stevie Wonder

Probably my favorite artists to listen to James Taylor, Stevie Wonder - I haven't gone back in a really long time and really listened to them - my first guitar influences. It's been awhile since I revisited that. ~ Jonny Lang

Rap to me is a modern blues. But until we really confront the truth, we are going to have a Tupac or Eminem or Biggie Smalls to remind us about it - and thank God. ~ Stevie Wonder

When I was a child, kids used to make fun of me because I was blind. But I just became more curious, 'How can I climb this tree and get an apple for this girl?' That's what mattered to me. ~ Stevie Wonder

Meeting Stevie Wonder was a massive, lifetime achievement for me. He's one of the sweetest people. I sense a kindred spirit in him, and I hope he'd say the same. Actually, he did. ~ Hunter Hayes

We know the things that are not good and are right. Those things that we know are wrong, we've got to fix them. ~ Stevie Wonder

Some golfers fantasize about playing in a foursome with Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Sam Snead. The way I hit I'd rather play in a foursome with Helen Keller, Ray Charles, and Stevie Wonder. ~ Bruce Lansky

My parents listened to a lot of music when I was really little. They used to listen to people like Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and I used to be really into that. ~ Conor Maynard

Here is my music. It is all I have to tell you how I feel. Know that your love keeps my love strong. ~ Stevie Wonder

Families buying dog food now, starvation roams the streets. Babies die before their born, infected by the grief. ~ Stevie Wonder

She's not impressed by your fancy car.
She got a body so she's snotty and she don't care who you are.
So don't get mad and dis her reputation
Callin' her a floozy, any conversation.
Mad grammar, backstabber, girls they wanna be her.
But like Stevie Wonder, none of y'all can see her! ~ Positive K

Are you happy when you stick a needle in your vein? ~ Stevie Wonder

I like Stevie Wonder as my favorite non-pianist pianist. I mean, I shouldn't call him a non-pianist, because he's really a great pianist, but he doesn't feature it that much - he uses his keyboards and his piano technique to support his great songs and so forth, but he can really blow. ~ Chick Corea

Heaven help the man who kicks the man who has to crawl. ~ Stevie Wonder

I fell into hip-hop right from the beginning. I was a teenager in the '60s, so I was putting all my pocket money into buying LPs. I followed the ascent of the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and Stevie Wonder. I followed popular music very closely, and I've never stopped. ~ Simon De Pury

You always draw from your roots. I'm influenced by everything I hear and see, and that includes music today, but obviously I go back to my early influences: Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Earth, Wind & Fire, Ohio Players, Average White Band. Those kind of artists are what I look to. When I hear that stuff on the radio, I turn it up! ~ Donny Osmond

I'm concerned about how accessible guns are. ~ Stevie Wonder

Don't need cars cause we've learned to fly on Saturn. ~ Stevie Wonder

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. ~ Stevie Wonder

For did my dreams come true when I looked at you. And maybe too, if you would believe, you too might be overjoyed, over loved, over me. ~ Stevie Wonder

With a voice like Ella ringing out there's no way a band can lose. ~ Stevie Wonder

I'm glad I'm blind and can't see it. ~ Stevie Wonder

My mother would cry about my blindness and the hopelessness of my ever seeing, but I told her I wasn't sad. I believed God had something for me to do. ~ Stevie Wonder

My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wonder. ~ Gloria Estefan

My father would play Stevie Wonder in the car, but that never sunk in. ~ Leon Bridges

Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle! ~ Stevie Wonder

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. ~ Stevie Wonder

You can't hear me? Read my lips! ~ Stevie Wonder