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Stevland Hardaway Morris (born 13 May 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and social activist.
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“Baby, everything is alright,
Uptight, outta sight!”
Uptight, outta sight!”
“We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.”
“He's a man with a plan,
Got a counterfeit dollar in his hand,
He's misstra know-it-all.”
Got a counterfeit dollar in his hand,
He's misstra know-it-all.”
“No more lying friends wanting tragic ends,
Though they do pretend,
They won't go when I go.”
Though they do pretend,
They won't go when I go.”
“When you believe in things that you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way.”
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way.”
“Would you like to go with me
Down my dead end street?
Would you like to come with me
To village ghetto land?”
Down my dead end street?
Would you like to come with me
To village ghetto land?”
“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.”
That's why I'll always be around,
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you'll stay in my heart.”
“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.”
It's hotter than july,
Though the world's full of problems,
They couldn't touch us even if they tried.”
“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.”
With a language we all understand,
With an equal opportunity
For all to sing, dance and clap their hands.”
“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?”
Now the summer's gone and love cannot be found,
Where were you when I needed you last winter, my love?”
“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.”
And the king of all, Sir Duke,
And with a voice like Ella's ringing out,
There's no way the band can lose.”
“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.”
Wish that you knew me too, very well,
And I think I can deal with everything going through your head.”
“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?”
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?”
“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.”
Don't delay, send yours in right away,
Hate's going 'round breaking many hearts,
Stop it please, before it's gone too far.”
“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.”
Chasing love up against the sun,
We are strangers by day, lovers by night,
Knowing it's so wrong but feeling so right.”
“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.”
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.”
“'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'.”
Telling us how you are gonna change right from wrong,
'Cause if you really want to hear our views,
You haven't done nothin'.”
“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.”
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.”
“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.”
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.”
“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.”
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.”
“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.”
'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.”
“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.”
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.”
“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.”
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.”
“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.”
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.”
“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.”
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.”
“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.”
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.”
“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.”
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.”
“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.”
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.”
“I've been a vegan for two years, so that's helped my already good-looking self. I think that eating healthy is important. … We have to be about making our planet more greener, the urban areas more sustainable for the children. We can't just talk about it, we have to be about it. … I'm motivating people to do something about how we are living on this planet. … You know it is only possible to be able to have the blessing of song through the fact that God has given me life. And the only way we can have life is by perpetuating life in how we live.”
“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.”
“What I’ve not heard is a unanimous commitment to atone for the sins of this country... I know that dance. I've heard those songs. It was an 18-year fight to (make) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday... Yet it was a fight I was not willing to lose... Systemic racism can have an ending. Police brutality can have an ending. Economic repression of Black and brown people can have an ending... A movement without action is a movement standing still. To those who say they care: Move more than your mouth. Move your feet to the polls, and use your hands to vote... Black lives do matter. And this is not another digital, viral trend, moment or hashtag, Yes, all lives do matter, but they only matter when black lives matter too.”
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Stevie Wonder on Rainbows 2 quotes
“If allowed may I touch your hand And if pleased may I once again So that you too will understand There's a ribbon in the sky for our love.”
Stevie Wonder on Ability
“We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.”
Stevie Wonder on Music
“Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand!”
Stevie Wonder on Superstition
“When you believe in things that you don't understand then you suffer? Superstition ain't the way!”
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Brian MCollum on Stevie Wonder
“Stevie Wonder delivered an emphatic, at times impatient video message Tuesday urging on the Black Lives Matter movement. Saying he has listened to "voices on the left, voices on the right," Wonder added, "What I’ve not heard is a unanimous commitment to atone for the sins of this country."... Wonder lamented that three states — North Dakota, South Dakota and Hawaii — have failed to formally recognize Juneteenth as a holiday. "... It was an 18-year fight to (make) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday," said Wonder, who teamed with late U.S. Rep. John Conyers in that ultimately successful campaign... The short video, titled "The Universe is Watching Us," was posted to Wonder's social media channels Tuesday afternoon.”
About Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris (born 13 May 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and social activist.