Stevie Wonder Acceptance Speech at the 1989 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] thank you all very much these are two children Aisha and Keita [Applause] [Music] you take one more picture I'm gonna break that camera I would like for everyone to if you can for one moment stop even with your pictures please thank you I would like for everyone to for one moment close your eyes as I take you through an experience of my life my experience the experience of hearing the sounds of many different voices from many different cultures throughout the world hang the music of sukiyaki hearing the voice hang the voice of hey hey you [Music] hearing the sounds of if I could touch if I can only talk to him of his car Carmen hearing the many voices that we have talked about as being an artist tonight as well as many great people as we have experienced through our lifetime and as we think about all those sounds and voices that we have heard tonight and those that we know is very famous rock and roll stars jazz musicians classical musicians gospel singers country-western singers and musicians so forth and so on and we hear the voices of people of many different colors and cultures but through the eyes of our ears we see the beauty of hope we see the beauty of pain we see the beauty of sorrow because through all of those through even the pain and sorrow the hurt the poverty the war the destruction we see the beauty of the God within us that says that voice that instrument sounds so wonderful that spirit is so beautiful and when we think about that with our eyes closed we think about all the sounds we hear when we see the sounds of a baby crying a baby laughing when we see the sounds of someone saying I love you when we see the sounds of someone saying imagine when I remember the sound of someone who is only expressive in their voice and saying I can't turn you loose when we hear the sound of a voice saying what's going on we hear someone singing about pretty woman when we hear the sound of a man saying black men white men Jews and Gentiles when we hear all those sounds together well your the many artists that come together to create the essence of something that might feed of people or the voices of those who come together to help many farmers in the laughter of the many comedians that came together of the voices of those that came together to help to find the cure for AIDS when we hear those voices we say dear God let us sing forever let us play forever let us know that being inducted into this the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is our commitment to forever until we die give it as much as we can thank you [Applause] you

Channel: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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Length: 5min 50sec (350 seconds)

Published: Mon May 18 2020