Stevie Wonder: From prodigy to world knowledge

“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.” — Stevie Wonder

It’s his birthday today. I love that quote because I have so many memories “attached” to Stevie Wonder’s songs, so attached that they don’t feel “attached” at all. The song IS the memory. And more than a memory, really: these songs, which have been in my life for what feels like always, call forth eras, times, feelings, sense memory … the inchoate amorphous sense of an entire time. He was on heavy HEAVY rotation among my group of friends in coll…

He recorded his first song, as he was not even a teenager. For decades Stevie Wonder became a unique music legend. Even at age he clings to his message.

Viewed from the outside, Stevie Wonder has achieved everything. He has received any price, touched millions of people with his songs. But he continues to sing. Last summer, Wonder released the song "Can We Fix Our Nation" Broken Heart. This is about the pain of the Americans, about poverty and injustice, tornness. Wonder has always [...]