Stevie Wonder (Stevland Hardaway Morris) Quotes

My thing was always trying to do as much as I possibly could do. I wanted to do all the things the other kids did in the neighborhood.

Stevie Wonder

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• My thing was always trying to do as much as I possibly could do. I wanted to do all the things the other kids did in the neighborhood.

  

  Stevie Wonder
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  • Thing