During a concert on his Love, Light and Song tour in Cardiff, Wales, he addressed the audience with a smile:

"I have to admit something to you that I've been thinking about for a long time: 'When is the right time to tell the world? And I decided that now is the right time. You've probably heard the rumors that I can see, right? But seriously, you know the truth."

He then continued:

"The truth is that I lost my sight shortly after I was born. And it was a blessing because it allowed me to see the world through the lens of truth—not what people look like, but what their spirit is. Not the color of their skin, but the color of their soul."

Wonder often jokes about his blindness. In a 2015 interview on The Late Show with David Letterman, he listed the advantages of being blind with a smile:

"You can pretend you don't see when you actually do" and "You can say you didn't see something when you actually did."

His optimism has been evident since childhood. In a 2024 conversation with journalist Wesley Morris and former President Barack Obama on the podcast The Wonder of Stevie, he recounted:

"I was born. Shortly after, I went blind. My mother went through a lot of hardship, and that experience was very profound for me."

He remembers his mother crying every night until he once said to her:

"Mom, you don't have to cry. It hurts my head." He added: "Maybe God has something bigger in store for me."

Today, history proves that he was right. Stevie Wonder has won 25 Grammy Awards and inspired generations of musicians and millions of fans around the world. | BGNES