My mother had a rule, ...

My mother had a rule, obviously, that I couldn't go across the street by myself, but I had to find a way of doing it.
 Stevie Wonder

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Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.
 Stevie Wonder
I always wanted my mother to be Queen for a Day. I always used to watch that show that came on television.
 Stevie Wonder
My father really was not the dominant person who raised the family, it was my mother who raised the family.
 Stevie Wonder
My mother would cry about my blindness and the hopelessness of my ever seeing, but I told her I wasn't sad. I believed God had something for me to do.
 Stevie Wonder
My mother told me, if you call yourself 'Little' Stevie Wonder, you'd better be as good as Little Willie John.
 Stevie Wonder