Stevie Wonder citations

Stevie Wonder, né Stevland Hardaway Judkins le 13 mai 1950 à Saginaw, Michigan, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète américain. Aveugle depuis sa petite enfance, il est considéré comme l'un des plus grands artistes américains de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle et possède l'une des carrières les plus prolifiques de la pop américaine.

Sa discographie, commencée dès l'âge de 11 ans, compte en 2018 pas moins de 26 albums studio, trois albums de musique de film, quatre albums live et 98 singles. Par ailleurs, 49 de ses chansons ont figuré aux États-Unis dans le top 40 et 32 singles ont été numéro 1 des ventes de disques. Il a vendu plus de 100 millions d'albums, a reçu 22 Grammy Awards et remporté un Oscar de la meilleure chanson originale au cours d'une carrière qui s'étend sur plus d'un demi-siècle.

✵ 13. mai 1950
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Stevie Wonder: Citations en anglais

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

As quoted in Stevie Wonder (1978) by Constanze Elsner, and Jet Vol. 53, No. 22 (16 February 1978), p. 60
1970s
Contexte: 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.”

As quoted in Stevie Wonder (1978) by Constanze Elsner, and Jet Vol. 53, No. 22 (16 February 1978), p. 60
1970s
Contexte: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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