"We need to have more respect for each other," - Steve Wonder [View All]

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Stevie Wonder Returns to the Studio
Tuesday, October 11, 2005

BY JOHN ROGERS
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER


When Stevie Wonder returned to the studio after a 10-year hiatus to record "A Time to Love," he was doing more than getting back to work. He was getting back to the message that has formed the cornerstone of his legendary career.

"Of all the needs that we have right now, more than anything we need a time for love," Wonder said recently, sitting in front of a mixing board in his Wonderland Studios, where his new album was recorded.

The 15 tracks touch on love in all its forms, from physical to unrequited to family affection to the way people treat strangers on the street. Sensing a lack of respect coming "from people in their relationships as well as our leaders in government," Wonder hopes his latest effort will give them all something to think about.

"We need to have more respect for each other," Wonder says, leaning forward for emphasis. "Things have just gone really crazy, out of control. ... We're on a very weird kind of cycle."

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