At 75, Stevie Wonder is still doing what he’s done since he was 11—making music that moves people. And when it comes to retirement? The Motown legend says that’s not in the cards.
“For as long as you breathe, for as long as your heart beats, there’s more for you to do,” Wonder said during the Monday, July 21 episode of Sidetracked. “I’m not gonna stop the gift that keeps pouring through my body.”
The “Superstition” singer added that he simply loves what he does and has no plans to slow down. “An artist doesn’t stop drawing, just because,” he said. “You keep on. So as long as you can imagine, is as long as you are going to be creative. And as long as you let your mind work, you don’t have to retire.”
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At another point in the conversation, host Annie Macmanus asked if he ever gets tired of performing the same iconic tracks over and over again.
“Songs are like children, they’re with you forever,” Wonder replied. “They are statements from the spirit within you, and singing those songs is like me taking another breath.”
The award-winning artist also confirmed he’s still working on his long-rumored album, Through the Eyes of Wonder—his first studio project since 2005’s A Time to Love.
“I’m working on my project, which is called Through the Eyes of Wonder, and I’m excited about that,” he said. “I have a lot of songs I haven’t released yet… I’m going to let it just be there.”
Wonder’s sit-down with Macmanus, 47, comes on the heels of a viral moment earlier this month, when he addressed long-standing rumors about his blindness during a July 10 show in Cardiff.
“You know there have been rumors about me seeing and all that? But seriously, you know the truth,” the music legend told the crowd. “Shortly after my birth, I became blind.”
Wonder continued, “Now, that was a blessing because it’s allowed me to see the world in the vision of truth, of sight. See people in the spirit of them, not how they look. Not what color they are, but what color is their spirit?”
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Last year, Wonder also opened up in The Wonder of Stevie audiobook series, sharing how his mother, Lula Mae Hardaway, struggled with his diagnosis when he was a baby.
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“My mother went through the different things, and so my experience with that was deep,” he said, adding that she would cry every night. “And I said, ‘Mama, you shouldn’t cry, you’re making my head hurt.’” He remembered telling her, “Maybe God has something for me that’s bigger than all this.”
Turns out, he was right.
