STEVIE WONDER

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.

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.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

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.

Time is long but life is short.

I am all for stem cell research.

Eyes lie if you ever look into them for the character of the person.

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 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.

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

Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!

God gave me life to continue to do things that I would never have done.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.

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.

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.

The right to bear arms? What about the right to live?

Ya gots to work with what you gots to work with.

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.

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.

I might sing a gospel song in Arabic or do something in Hebrew. I want to mix it up and do it differently than one might imagine.

I'm concerned about how accessible guns are.

I think honestly, some people who think they're gay, they're confused.

For the most part, I feel really comfortable with what I've given to the people. I want to give it to them again.