Stevie Wonder (Stevland Hardaway Morris) Quotes

Sometimes I'm very disappointed at some of the people in our family of communicators, whether it be a songwriter or a rapper that's always talking about negativity or a singer or a columnist or a network that basically gets off on just trying to create the negative.

Stevie Wonder

• People
• Trying
• Family
• Disappointed
• Negativity
• Rapper
• Songwriter

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• Sometimes I'm very disappointed at some of the people in our family of communicators, whether it be a songwriter or a rapper that's always talking about negativity or a singer or a columnist or a network that basically gets off on just trying to create the negative.

  

  Stevie Wonder
  • People
  • Trying
  • Family