Stevie wonder when was he born

I just dig audiences. That to me is the most worthwhile thing about this whole business. Just people coming to have a good time and letting me sing for them. For the most part, I feel really comfortable with what I've given to the people. I want to give it to them again. Eyes lie if you ever look into them for the character of the person. Clearly, love is love, between a man and a woman, a woman and a man, a woman and a woman and a man and a man. 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.

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. Life has meaning only in the struggle.

Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle! 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. God gave me life to continue to do things that I would never have done.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it. Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

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. 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 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 can't say that I'm always writing in my head but I do spend a lot of time in my head writing or coming up with ideas.

And what I do usually is write the music and melody and then, you know, maybe the basic idea. But when I feel that I don't have a song or just say, God, please give me another song.

And I just am quiet and it happens. You know, I have seven children, so I guess I know some things about life. Sometimes I wish I could drive a car, but I'm gonna drive a car one day, so I don't worry about that. Some people have a desire to be with the same sex. His album Talking Book offered two No. Next up was Innervisions , a meditative concept album that was simultaneously introspective, political, critical and full of wit.

The record featured two socially conscious No. All three singles fared well on the pop charts as well. Fulfillingness' First Finale , released after Wonder had survived a serious car accident that left him in a coma, displayed his trademark odes to romance and beauty while also looking squarely at spirituality and death. The sexy "Boogie on Reggae Woman" went to No. Even with this array of accomplishments, it was the double album with EP set Songs in the Key of Life that many have hailed as Wonder's most legendary project and one of the greatest records of all time.

Offering a rich span of songs with genre fusions aplenty, Songs covered everything from ethnic diversity in the U. Over the years, other artists struck gold with Wonder remakes, as seen with Aretha Franklin 's No. By those incredible lofty standards, the s weren't nearly as successful for Wonder. Still, he continued to be a huge musical force. That same year, Wonder also released his greatest hits compilation Original Musiquarium I , which featured the No.

The single also won Wonder an Academy Award for best original song. Wonder released his next album, Square Circle , in , which featured the historic track "Part-Time Lover," the first song to ever reach No. Paced by the number one hit "Part Time Lover" -- his last solo pop chart-topper -- and several other strong songs, In Square Circle went platinum, even if Wonder 's synthesizer arrangements now sounded standard rather than groundbreaking.

New studio material from Wonder didn't arrive until , when he provided the soundtrack to the Spike Lee film Jungle Fever. His next full album of new material, 's Conversation Peace , was a commercial disappointment, thought it did win two Grammys for the single "For Your Love. Wonder capitalized on the renewed attention by cutting a hit duet with Babyface , "How Come, How Long," in During the early s, Motown remastered and reissued Wonder 's exceptional run of solo albums Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants excepted and also released The Definitive Collection , a representative single-disc primer.

In , after a decade had transpired without a new studio album, Wonder released A Time to Love , which was bolstered by collaborations with Prince and Paul McCartney , as well as one with daughter and "Isn't She Lovely" inspiration Aisha Morris.

His far-reaching influence continued to be felt through samples, cover versions, and reinterpretations, highlighted by Robert Glasper Experiment and Lalah Hathaway 's Grammy-winning version of "Jesus Children of America. All the while, Wonder regularly toured.

From November through , he celebrated the approaching 40th anniversary of Songs in the Key of Life with lengthy set lists that included all 21 songs of the classic album. The label served as a platform for the first new singles from Wonder in over a decade, and his first solo music not released with Motown.

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Jazz Latin New Age. Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy. Energetic Happy Hypnotic. Romantic Sad Sentimental. He wanted to be free so that he could bring the best of himself to the table. What Wonder brought to the table-with the establishment of his own music publishing company and near-total creative freedom-was an increasingly sophisticated body of work that managed to fuse the high spirits of classic soul, the syncopations of funk, exquisite melodies, and his own introspective and increasingly politicized lyrics.

Wonder's momentum was almost stopped permanently by a automobile accident that nearly claimed his life and left him with deep facial scars. If anything, however, this event caused him to become more focused. Virtually all of Wonder's work during the early to mids was essentially pop, most notably his albums Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale, and the epic Songs in the Key of Life. In , Wonder released Journey through the Secret Life of Plants, the theme of which many listeners found eccentric.

His Hotter Than July, with its reggae-driven hit "Master Blaster Jammin' ," indicated his continuing creative restlessness. Over the years Wonder became progressively more involved in politics, lobbying for gun control, against drunk driving, against the apartheid system enforced by South Africa's white minority, and on behalf of a national holiday in recognition of civil rights martyr Martin Luther King, Jr.

He played a number of benefits and made public service announcements, often winning honors for his advocacy. Wonder was less musically prolific in the s, but still achieved a great amount of success. He won praise for his work on the soundtrack to Spike Lee's film Jungle Fever. It was said that Wonder composed the material in just three weeks. In , Wonder signed a unique lifetime pact with Motown. Stevie is what I call the crown jewel, the epitome.