Stevie Wonder was very emotional when he appeared on Anderson Cooper 360 just housrs after he found out about the death of his friend Prince. During Coopers interview with Wonder Cooper played a clip of a Prince interview from 1999 with Larry King of Prince praising Stevie Wonder.
“I use Stevie Wonder as an inspiration, whom I look up to a great deal just for the way that he crafted music and his connection to the spirit. And boy, back then I used him as a role model in trying to play all the instruments and be very self contained and keep my vision clear.”
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