Stevie Wonder say he has no plans to retire from music

Well, isn’t this lovely.

Stevie Wonder clarified that he has no plans to retire for as long as he’s alive during Monday’s episode of the BBC’s “Sidetracked” podcast.

“For as long as you breathe, for as long as your heart beats, there’s more for you to do,” Wonder, 75, told host Annie Mac. “I’m not gonna stop the gift that keeps pouring through my body.”

The “Superstition” hitmaker, whose career began in 1961, explained that he’s still happy singing and performing.

“I love doing what I’m doing,” he shared. “An artist doesn’t stop drawing just because. You keep on. So as long as you can imagine, as long as you are going to be creative, and as long as you let your mind work, you don’t have to retire.” 

Wonder continued: “I love playing music, that’s like my mantra. I think I can do all the stuff I want to do – still have fun and do what I need to do – but I’m not going to stop the gift that keeps pouring through my body.” 

The music legend declared that “songs are like children, they’re with you forever.”

“They are statements from the spirit within you,” he went on, “and singing those songs is like me taking another breath.”

Wonder confirmed on the podcast he’s working on “Through the Eyes of Wonder,” his first album since 2005’s “A Time to Love.”

“I’m excited about that,” he said of the upcoming project. “I have a lot of songs I haven’t released yet. I’m going to let it just be there.”

Wonder has put out 23 studio albums and won 25 Grammy awards in his career. He’s been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame and Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame.

Last year, he embarked on his 10-date “Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart” tour in the fall ahead of the election, following his performance at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.

Earlier this month, Wonder addressed the long-standing rumor that he isn’t actually blind during a stop in Wales on his Love, Light and Song UK tour.

“I must say to all of you, something that I was thinking, ‘When did I want to let the world know this?’ But I wanted to say it right now,” Wonder said to the crowd.

“You know there have been rumors about me seeing and all that? But seriously, you know the truth,” the “Overjoyed” singer added.

Wonder recalled losing his eyesight shortly after his birth, which he called “a blessing.”

“It’s allowed me to see the world in the vision of truth, of sight,” he said.