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Stevie Wonder: Will work as long as I can
Stevie Wonder took up his first song when he wasn’t even a teenager. Does he think of retirement at 75?
Music legend Stevie Wonder (75) says no plans to retire. “As long as you breathe, as long as your heart beats, there is more to do for you,” said over 20 times the Grammy winner in the podcast “Sideracked with Annie and Nick”. “I think I can still do all the things I want to do – still have fun and do what I have to do – but I won’t stop using the gift that flows through my body.”
He loves to play music, the singer explained. Even an artist who paints pictures doesn’t just stop painting. “As long as you can imagine something as long as you are creative and let your mind work, you don’t have to rest.”
Wonder was considered a “child prodigy” and already recorded his own songs when he wasn’t even a teenager. Later he created world hits like “Superstition”, “You are the Sunshine of My Life” and “I just called to say i love you”. Last summer he released the song “Can We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart”.
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Source: Stern
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