Quotes By Stevie Wonder

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.

The Moog is a way to directly express what comes from your mind.

Voting for Trump is like asking me to drive a car.

Everyone that was over 13 was my parent. Diana [Ross] was my momma. The Marvelettes were all my parents, The Contours... 'You can't have a candy bar now, you gotta study now, do this now.

At 13 years old, you know you're a big star. OK, fine, but I want to go and watch Huckleberry Hound.

It bothered me that my mother was crying all the time. She thought God might be punishing her for something... So I just told her I was happy to be blind and I think she felt better after that.

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.

Anyone who believes that there is no such thing as global warming must be blind or unintelligent.

We come together today to love on people that have been devastated by the hurricanes. When love goes into action, it preferences no color of skin, no ethnicity, no religious beliefs, no sexual preferences, and no political persuasions. It just loves.

Until the 'Stand Your Ground' law is abolished in Florida, I will never perform there again.

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.

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

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.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.