A biography for Stevie Wonderhasn’t been written yet.
“My father really was not the dominant person who raised the family, it was my mother who raised the family.”
“First of all, I'm no better than the next person.”
“I do believe in women. I really do.”
“Eyes lie if you ever look into them for the character of the person.”
“Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.”
“I want to take all the pain that I feel and celebrate and turn it around.”
“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.”
“I listen a lot to rap, and I'm inspired to take it, to use it in another way, to get the message across.”
“Some people have a desire to be with the same sex. But that's them.”
“I am not a normal man.”
“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 used to say that if something happened to my mother, I wanted to die with her. That's because I loved her so much. I want to live so I can carry out the essence of what she has shown me: kindness and goodness.”
“For the most part, I feel really comfortable with what I've given to the people. I want to give it to them again.”
“I know there are thousands of images of me.”
“I am all for anything that is going to better equip a person who is physically challenged in any way, to have an opportunity to be able to do what they are able to do.”
“Minds ripen at very different ages.”
“People can misconstrue closeness for 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.”
“Time is long but life is short.”
“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.”