To sing along with Stevie Wonder, you had to make your voice do things it was not accustomed to doing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think Stevie Wonder could sing the phone book and manage to make me cry.
In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk. It was a mark of the cultured man to sing.
And in singing, what my voice lacked in quality it made up for in volume.
Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.
I was backstage at the House of Blues in L.A where I was about to perform, and Stevie Wonder and Prince turned up at my dressing room together! Stevie started beat boxing and Prince started singing one of my songs, all of a sudden it was like I was in a cypher with these incredible artists.
I realized that there was much more to my voice than I'd ever been led to explore and that I could make my own songs.
I was singing before I could talk.
I probably wouldn't be singing if not for Michael Jackson. When I started singing, I didn't like my tone until my mom put me on to Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, so listening to the way they used their instrument helped me get more comfortable with my own.
I didn't think it was special to be able to sing.
I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully.