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Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

A child prodigy, Wonder 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 his birth. Among Wonder's works are singles such as "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours", "Superstition", "Sir Duke", "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", and "I Just Called to Say I Love You"; and albums such as Talking Book, Innervisions, and Songs in the Key of Life. He has recorded more than 30 U.S. top ten hits and received 25 Grammy Awards, one of the most-awarded male solo artists, and has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the top 60 best-selling music artists.Wonder is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a holiday in the United States. In 2009, Wonder was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 2013, Billboard magazine released a list of the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's 55th anniversary, with Wonder at number six.

✵ 13. May 1950
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Famous Stevie Wonder Quotes

“Love's in need of love today,
Don't delay, send yours in right away,
Hate's going 'round breaking many hearts,
Stop it please, before it's gone too far.”

Stevie Wonder

Love's In Need of Love Today
Song lyrics, Songs In The Key of Life (1976)

“Looking back on when I was a little nappy-headed boy,
Then my only worry was for Christmas, what would be my toy?
Even though we sometimes would not get a thing,
We were happy with the joy the day would bring.”

Stevie Wonder

I Wish
Song lyrics, Songs In The Key of Life (1976)

“But what I'd like to know,
Is could a place like this
Exist so beautiful?
Or do we have to find our wings and fly away
To the visions in our mind?”

Stevie Wonder

Visions
Song lyrics, Innervisions (1973)

“We are undercover passion on the run,
Chasing love up against the sun,
We are strangers by day, lovers by night,
Knowing it's so wrong but feeling so right.”

Stevie Wonder

Part-Time Lover
Song lyrics, In Square Circle (1985)

“He's a man with a plan,
Got a counterfeit dollar in his hand,
He's misstra know-it-all.”

Stevie Wonder

He's Misstra Know-It-All
Song lyrics, Innervisions (1973)

“For once in my life
I won’t let sorrow hurt me,
Not like it’s hurt me before, oh
For once I have something I know won't desert me
‘Cause I’m not alone anymore.”

Stevie Wonder

For Once In My Life
Song lyrics

Stevie Wonder Quotes about love

“A boy is born in hard time Mississippi,
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty,
His parents give him love and affection,
To keep him strong, moving in the right direction,
Living just enough, just enough for the city.”

Stevie Wonder

Living For The City
Song lyrics, Innervisions (1973)

“As around the sun the earth knows she's revolving,
And the rosebuds know to bloom in early May,
Just as hate knows love's the cure,
You can rest your mind assured,
That I'll be loving you always.”

Stevie Wonder

As
Song lyrics, Songs In The Key of Life (1976)

“I feel like this is the beginning,
Though I've loved you for a million years,
And if I thought our love was ending,
I'd find myself drowning in my own tears.”

Stevie Wonder

You Are The Sunshine of My Life
Song lyrics, Talking Book (1972)

“Like a fool I went and stayed too long,
Now I'm wondering if your love's still strong,
Ooh, baby, here I am,
Signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours!”

Stevie Wonder

Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)
Song lyrics

“You know it doesn't make much sense,
There ought to be a law against
Anyone who takes offence
At a day in your celebration,
'Cause we all know in our minds
That there ought to be a time
That we can set aside
To show just how much we love you,
And I'm sure you would agree,
What could fit more perfectly
Than to have a world party
On the day you came to be?
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday.”

Stevie Wonder

Happy Birthday
Song lyrics, Hotter Than July (1980)

“Raindrops, passionate raindrops,
The kind of rain that writes
'They're so in love' on our skin.
Raindrops, that we hope won't stop
Cooling the red hot love that we are making.”

Stevie Wonder

Passionate Raindrops
Song lyrics, A Time To Love (2005)

Stevie Wonder Quotes about time

“Well I'm a man of many wishes,
Hope my premonition misses,
But what I really feel,
My eyes won't let me hide,
'Cause they always start to cry,
'Cause this time could mean goodbye.”

Stevie Wonder

Lately
Song lyrics, Hotter Than July (1980)

“Call up, ring once, hang up the phone,
To let me know you made it home,
Don't want nothing to be wrong,
With part-time lover.”

Stevie Wonder

Part-Time Lover
Song lyrics, In Square Circle (1985)

“I'm so darn glad he let me try it again,
'Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin,
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then,
Gonna keep on trying until I reach my highest ground.”

Stevie Wonder

Higher Ground
Song lyrics, Innervisions (1973)

“They've been spending most their lives
Living in a pastime paradise.
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a pastime paradise.
They've been wasting most their time
Glorifying days long gone behind,
They've been wasting most their days
In remembrance of ignorance oldest praise.”

Stevie Wonder

Pastime Paradise
Song lyrics, Songs In The Key of Life (1976)

Stevie Wonder: Trending quotes

“The sensation of seeing is not one that I have and not one that I worry about.”

Stevie Wonder

As quoted in Stevie Wonder (1978) by Constanze Elsner, and Jet Vol. 53, No. 22 (16 February 1978), p. 60
1970s
Context: Sometimes I think I would love to see … just to see the beauty of flowers and trees and birds and the earth and grass. … Being as I've never seen, I don't know what it's like to see. So in a sense I'm complete. Maybe I'd be incomplete if I did see. Maybe I'd see some things that I didn't want to see... the beauty of the earth compared to the destruction of man. You see, it's one thing when you are blind from birth, and you don't know what it's like to see, anyway, so it is just like seeing. The sensation of seeing is not one that I have and not one that I worry about.

“Sometimes I think I would love to see … just to see the beauty of flowers and trees and birds and the earth and grass. … Being as I've never seen, I don't know what it's like to see. So in a sense I'm complete.”

Stevie Wonder

As quoted in Stevie Wonder (1978) by Constanze Elsner, and Jet Vol. 53, No. 22 (16 February 1978), p. 60
1970s
Context: Sometimes I think I would love to see … just to see the beauty of flowers and trees and birds and the earth and grass. … Being as I've never seen, I don't know what it's like to see. So in a sense I'm complete. Maybe I'd be incomplete if I did see. Maybe I'd see some things that I didn't want to see... the beauty of the earth compared to the destruction of man. You see, it's one thing when you are blind from birth, and you don't know what it's like to see, anyway, so it is just like seeing. The sensation of seeing is not one that I have and not one that I worry about.

Love , Beauty , Flowers , Bird

“Cause we are sick and tired of hearing your song,
Telling us how you are gonna change right from wrong,
'Cause if you really want to hear our views,
You haven't done nothin.”

Stevie Wonder

You Haven't Done Nothin
Song lyrics, Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)

Change

Stevie Wonder Quotes

“Her brother's smart, he's got more sense than many,
His patience long, but soon he won't have any,
To find a job is like a haystack needle,
'Cause where he lives, they don't use coloured people,
Living just enough, just enough for the city.”

Stevie Wonder

Living For The City
Song lyrics, Innervisions (1973)

People , Sense , Patience

“When the summer came you were not around,
Now the summer's gone and love cannot be found,
Where were you when I needed you last winter, my love?”

Stevie Wonder

Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)
Song lyrics, Music of My Mind (1972)

Love , Winter , Summer

“Shame on me, shame on you,
Shame on them, shame on us,
Shame on me, shame on you,
Shame on them, shame on us,
So what the fuss.”

Stevie Wonder

So What The Fuss
Song lyrics, A Time To Love (2005)

“My Cherie Amour, pretty little one that I adore
You're the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine.”

Stevie Wonder

My Cherie Amour
Song lyrics

Girl , Heart

“Didn't know that you
Would be jammin' until the break of dawn,
See nobody ever told you that you
Would be jammin' until the break of dawn.”

Stevie Wonder

Master Blaster (Jammin')
Song lyrics, Hotter Than July (1980)

“No more lying friends wanting tragic ends,
Though they do pretend,
They won't go when I go.”

Stevie Wonder

They Won't Go When I Go
Song lyrics, Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)

Lying

“You took me riding in your rocket and gave me a star,
But at a half a mile from heaven
You dropped me back down to this cold, cold world.”

Stevie Wonder

Rocket Love
Song lyrics, Hotter Than July (1980)

World , Star

“We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.”

Stevie Wonder

As quoted in The Story of Stevie Wonder (1976) by James Haskins, Ch. 1 : Growing Up in a World of Darkness
1970s

“I'm happier than the morning sun,
And that's the way you said that it would be,
If I should ever bring you inside my life.”

Stevie Wonder

Happier Than The Morning Sun
Song lyrics, Music of My Mind (1972)

Life , Way , Sun

“And I can't go on this way,
With it stronger every day,
But being too shy to say
That I really love you.”

Stevie Wonder

Too Shy To Say
Song lyrics, Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)

Love , Way

“Where is your God?'
That's what my friends ask me,
And I say it's taken him so long
'Cause we've got so far to come.”

Stevie Wonder

Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away
Song lyrics, Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)

God

“Would you like to go with me
Down my dead end street?
Would you like to come with me
To village ghetto land?”

Stevie Wonder

Village Ghetto Land
Song lyrics, Songs In The Key of Life (1976)

Dead

“Well there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo
And the king of all, Sir Duke,
And with a voice like Ella's ringing out,
There's no way the band can lose.”

Stevie Wonder

Sir Duke
Song lyrics, Songs In The Key of Life (1976)

Way

“But don't you worry 'bout a thing,
Don't you worry 'bout a thing, mama,
'Cause I'll be standing in the side when you check it out.”

Stevie Wonder

Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
Song lyrics, Innervisions (1973)

“Goin' back to Saturn where the rings all glow,
Rainbow, moonbeams and orange snow,
On Saturn, people live to be two hundred and five,
Goin' back to Saturn where the people smile,
Don't need cars 'cause we've learned to fly,
On Saturn, just to live to us is our natural high.”

Stevie Wonder

Saturn
Song lyrics, Songs In The Key of Life (1976)

People , Smile , Cars , Nature

“And though you don't believe that they do,
They do come true,
For did my dreams
Come true when I looked at you,
And maybe too if you would believe,
You too might be overjoyed, over love, over me.”

Stevie Wonder

Overjoyed
Song lyrics, In Square Circle (1985)

Love , Dreams

“And I'll go where I've longed to go,
So long, away from tears.”

Stevie Wonder

They Won't Go When I Go
Song lyrics, Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)

Tear

“I just called to say I love you,
I just called to say how much I care,
I just called to say I love you,
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart.”

Stevie Wonder

I Just Called to Say I Love You
Song lyrics, The Woman in Red (1984)

Heart Touching , Love , Heart

“Music is a world within itself
With a language we all understand,
With an equal opportunity
For all to sing, dance and clap their hands.”

Stevie Wonder

Sir Duke
Song lyrics, Songs In The Key of Life (1976)

World , Music , Understanding , Singing

“Baby, everything is alright,
Uptight, outta sight!”

Stevie Wonder

Uptight (Everything's Alright)
Song lyrics

Baby

“When you believe in things that you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way.”

Stevie Wonder

Superstition
Song lyrics, Talking Book (1972)

Way , Understanding , Suffering

“For once in my life
I have someone who needs me,
Someone I needed so long.”

Stevie Wonder

For Once In My Life
Song lyrics

Life

“You are the sunshine of my life,
That's why I'll always be around,
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you'll stay in my heart.”

Stevie Wonder

You Are The Sunshine of My Life
Song lyrics, Talking Book (1972)

Life , Heart

“I wish those days could come back once more,
Why did those days ever have to go?”

Stevie Wonder

I Wish
Song lyrics, Songs In The Key of Life (1976)

“Very superstitious,
Writings on the wall,
Very superstitious,
Ladder's 'bout to fall,
Thirteen month old baby,
Broke the looking glass,
Seven years of bad luck,
The good things in your past.”

Stevie Wonder

Superstition
Song lyrics, Talking Book (1972)

Bad luck , Past , Baby

“Everyone's feeling pretty,
It's hotter than july,
Though the world's full of problems,
They couldn't touch us even if they tried.”

Stevie Wonder

Master Blaster (Jammin')
Song lyrics, Hotter Than July (1980)

World , Feeling , Problem

“I believe when I fall in love with you
It will be forever.”

Stevie Wonder

I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
Song lyrics, Talking Book (1972)

Love

“I like to see you boogie right across the floor,
I'd like to do it to you 'til you howl for more,
I like to reggae, but you dance too fast for me,
I'd like to make love to you so you can make me scream.”

Stevie Wonder

Boogie On Reggae Woman
Song lyrics, Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)

Love , Making love , Dance

“But, very well, I believe I know you very well,
Wish that you knew me too, very well,
And I think I can deal with everything going through your head.”

Stevie Wonder

Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)
Song lyrics, Music of My Mind (1972)

Thinking

“To see the heaven in your eyes is not so far,
'Cause I'm not afraid to try and go it,
To know the love and beauty never known before,
I'll leave it up to you to show it.”

Stevie Wonder

Golden Lady
Song lyrics, Innervisions (1973)

Love , Beauty

“For you, there might be a brighter star,
But through my eyes the light of you burns all I see.
For you, there might be another song,
But all my heart can hear is your melody.”

Stevie Wonder

Another Star
Song lyrics, Songs In The Key of Life (1976)

Star , Light , Heart

“Most cassettes are afraid of me.”

Stevie Wonder

1980s

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