Stevie Wonder (Stevland Hardaway Morris) Quotes

Do you know, it's funny, but I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage.

Stevie Wonder

• Black
• Funny
• Never
• Thought
• Blind
• Disadvantage

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• Do you know, it's funny, but I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage.

  

  Stevie Wonder
  • Black
  • Funny
  • Never