Stevie Wonder on Keys of Life
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- "If God didn‘t want me to sing it, he wouldn‘t have given me the talent to do it“ - Stevie Wonder in 2005
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Credits
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
David Gerlach
ANIMATOR
Patrick Smith
PRODUCER
Amy Drozdowska
COLORIST
Jennifer Yoo
MUSIC
"I Wish" Stevie Wonder
via APM
"Funksville" Paul Lenart, Larry Luddecke
"I Need A Love" Paul Lenart, Larry Luddecke
Help us caption & translate this video!
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"Listen, we live in a society" - Stevie Wonder
Society Meme confirmed.
Stevie kills me when he does his faux Brit accent. I met him once, and he did it right away. I love this series! Thanks!
He's like a big kid with the wisdom of an old soul. His natural joy, enthusiasm and openness can knock down walls of restrictive ideas.
I love his response, "Creativity overrules punctuality." I need to use that!
I use it too. I realize one has to be moderate. Give space and time for creativity. And some moderate discipline.
As a kid in north NJ, we heard rumors about this kid who played outside of the Apollo Theater. Some of the other kids were going to try going over to see him, but my parents wouldn't let me go. The theater was in Harlem. About three months after that, the riots erupted in Harlem, and we could see the flames and the lights from all kinds of emergency vehicles from across the Hudson river. We moved away about two weeks after that. I never heard if the other kids did manage to see him, but it wasn't long until we heard his first record on the radio. Little did we know what an inspiration he would become to others.
Awesome!!!!!
" I felt if god didn't want me to do it, he wouldn't have given me the talent to do it"
I’m not even a religious person and that statement hit me real REAL good.
Tell me Stevie Wonder says that god wants me to use the talents I’m said to have, and I’m gonna use that talent to its full capacity.
Given, and received. Thank you, Stevie.
I loved his approach, someone badmouthed him because of who he was, his response? 'Man I'm from Detroit!" *fights back*
I'm so glad I got to see him live. Absolutely amazing
He's such a musical legend
He's a national treasure; a natural resource.....for all....
A very interesting Blank on Blank could be made on a "The Making of a 'Blank on Blank' episode!"
that is a fantastic idea!
"Blank on Blank on Blank on Blank"
I do love me some Stevie. Thanks for choosing him on this episode!
Beautiful!✨🌞
What a lovely soul.
I honestly love these interviews
+1000 "melodies are angels expressing a place for the heart to follow"
He's hillarious. This video made my day. Can't stop laughing after the part he told he was throwing things at those kids. :D
Love that a lot of these interviews are conducted by Mojo contributors. I read that magazine for years.
I don’t get how anyone gave a thumbs down to this... 🤦♀️
Wise man great interview
The finest video you've ever uploaded.
true inspiration
can you do a tlc interview please???
Amazing! Do you have more stevie wonder?
Someone only has to say "Stevie Wonder and I instantly want to hear Boogie On Reggae Woman
Checked the song out because I've never heard before until you mentioned it. Love it! Thanks for having mentioned it.
WOW!
Thank e🎹
great channel, I am new
great video as always but please add captions, it's rly hard otherwise
They do have captions, the button for it is bottom right of the vid.
+Isabella Bornberg we always have captions. You have to turn them on.
Can you come round to my place and turn them on for me , I'm not sure how. Thanks.
that's really insensitive to the blind
Thanks for another good video. Too bad about some of the quality, I had to turn on the CC.
I love Stevie's classic 70s albums but I was always bothered by how he gave up all his talent to God, like it was something he unwrapped at xmas when he was 7. He worked on his craft for years I'm sure, he should give himself more credit. Talent isn't given, its something you work on.
I'm of the opposite opinion - Talent is nurtured, not manufactured. While I agree with you that discipline is key to success, the fact remains that some people are intrinsically just more talented at singing, etc. You can attribute that to God or nature or chance, but it simply isn't realistic to pretend as if hard work is enough to be at Stevie Wonder-levels of excellence in your area of choice.
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i think i could agree with you on that if it was just his voice (you can't change the timbre or sound of that, so in a sense it is "given") but his mastery of pretty much any non-stringed instrument must be due to years of practice. his ability to hear and place woodwinds and synthesizers in his compositions was an extension of his genius, but not one that came without hours and hours of training the ear.
then there is the stereotype of the blind being more attuned to individual frequencies having an effect, but i'll not involve that here. at least we can both agree on his pedigree :)
I think people use talent as an excuse for why they haven't reached higher levels in their chosen disciplines. While predispositions certainly exist, no human has ever gotten around putting the years and years of dedication and hard work in. Stevie was lucky enough to grow up around Motown and the Funk Brothers, so he learned quickly. But talent (as in god or nature given) is not why he's so great. The man lives music
There is reason why grown ass legend is keep telling that his talent is gifted. You are stupid as shit friend
MorbidManMusic God gives people free will therefore some do good while others use it for evil. Also, God gives people talent and you can choose what you do with it. I absolutely understand Stevie's reasoning and believe it so myself.
Do a bob Marley
that was a great end!
You need to know that Stevie knows some really, dirty jokes. And will tell them to you.
even his speaking voice is pretty
Pleeeease do Ian Curtis one day
Theres not really a good interview to use, hes only done like 3. Although i do agree, i would love to see one.
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Please interview Donald Fagen
Wisdom
People... keep on drinkin'
Suppa stition
interesting how different times are nowadays. Back then accepting ignorant slurs was not encouraged whereas now we have to learn to "tolerate"
Are you 12? This is an ignorant comment.
you've got it backwards, actually.
So by "tolerate"do you mean to not be racist?
Can any Stevie wonder fans name the songs in the video. Shazam failed me.
“I Wish”
sub español plsss u.u
Seba Seguel Learn English. It's not thst hard.
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. it's cool how he was "comfortable" being blind and didn't seem to h8 that he was "missing out" on th "avg human eXperience" ^ - * nigga * = beauty
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Sure.
lol he hit those kids with a car!
Yeah. That was great,