Marvin Gaye was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was one of the most influential and successful figures in popular music and is considered one of the greatest singers of all time. His work spanned a variety of musical genres, including soul, R&B, funk, jazz, and gospel. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Marvin Gaye on love, life, soul train.
Music is one of the closest link-ups with God that we can probably experience. I think it's a common vibrating tone of the musical notes that holds all life together.
Politics and hypocrites is turning us all into lunatics.
To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and show that there is more to this world than what meets the eye.
War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate
Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking.
Don't you know how sweet and wonderful life can be?
When I get that feeling, I want some sexual healing.
Music, not sex, got me aroused.
Every chance you get you seem to hurt me more and more, but each hurt makes my love stronger than before.
Marvin Gaye inspirational quote
Marvin Gaye Image Quotes
Politics and hypocrites is turning us all into lunatics. — Marvin Gaye
War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate — Marvin Gaye
When I get that feeling, I want some sexual healing. — Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye Short Quotes
Great artists suffer for the people.
Mercy, mercy me, things ain't what they used to be.
Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.
I wish that being famous helped prevent me from being constipated.
Let's save all the children, save the babies, save the babies.
Natural fact is, I can't pay my taxes. Make me wanna holler and throw up on my hands.
Who isn't fascinated by evil?
I am not a star. At least, I don't consider myself a star.
Art is a way of possessing destiny.
What about this overcrowded land/How much more abuse from man can she stand?
Marvin Gaye Quotes About Love
Give out some love and you'll find peace sublime. — Marvin Gaye
The more I lived with Jan, the more I loved her, the more I made her miserable. It was a vicious cycle (page 209)……The more I loved her the more I hated her. And the more she loved me, the more I harmed myself (page 269). — Marvin Gaye
For me, love carries the seeds of its own destruction. — Marvin Gaye
Love your mother, she bore you. Love your father, he works for you. — Marvin Gaye
I want to stop and thank you baby, how sweet it is to be loved by you. — Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye Quotes About Life
I sing about life. — Marvin Gaye
Don't play with something you should cherish for life. — Marvin Gaye
To share is precious, pure and fair. Don't play with something you should cherish for life. Don't you wanna care, ain't it lonely out there? — Marvin Gaye
LIVE for LIFE, but let live everybody — Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye Famous Quotes And Sayings
Politics and hypocrites is turning us all into lunatics. — Marvin Gaye
War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate — Marvin Gaye
I'd been studying the microphone for a dozen years, and I suddenly saw what I'd been doing wrong. I'd been singing too loud. One night I was listening to a record by Lester Young, the horn player, and it came to me. Relax, just relax. It's all going to be all right. — Marvin Gaye
When I get that feeling, I want some sexual healing. — Marvin Gaye
I hope to refine music, study it, try to find some area that I can unlock. I don't quite know how to explain it but it's there. These can't be the only notes in the world, there's got to be other notes some place, in some dimension, between the cracks on the piano keys. — Marvin Gaye
There are still times I feel unhappy and I must smile, and there are times I want to cry and I must laugh... people rarely see the real Marvin Gaye — Marvin Gaye
Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit. — Marvin Gaye
I'm hooked my friend to the boy who makes slaves out of men, and oh believe me, flying high in a friendly sky. — Marvin Gaye
Little Willie John is the soul singer's soul singer. — Marvin Gaye
Ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough, ain't no river wide enough, to keep me from getting to you. — Marvin Gaye
Too busy thinking about my baby and I ain't got time for nothing else. — Marvin Gaye
I've never had any problems with women. Having been one of the world's greatest womanizers they've probably had more problems with me. — Marvin Gaye
Are thing really gettin' better like the newspaper said/What else is new my friend, besides what I read/Can't find no work, can't find no job my friend/Money is tighter than it's ever been/Say man, I just don't understand/What's going on across this land — Marvin Gaye
When I look at the world it fills me with sorrow, little children today are really going to suffer tomorrow. — Marvin Gaye
And givin' yourself to me can never be wrong — Marvin Gaye
An artist, if he is truly an artist, is only interested in one thing and that is to wake up the minds of men, to have mankind and womankind realize that there is something greater than what we see on the surface. — Marvin Gaye
Crime is increasing, trigger happy policing. Panic is spreading, God knows where we're heading. — Marvin Gaye
Anger destroys your soul. — Marvin Gaye
Jesus left a long time ago, said he would return. He left us a book to believe in, in it we've got an awful lot to learn. — Marvin Gaye
Who are they to judge us, simply because our hair is long? — Marvin Gaye
I don't make records for pleasure. I did when I was a younger artist, but I don't today. I record so that I can feed people what they need, what they feel. Hopefully, I record so that I can help someone overcome a bad time — Marvin Gaye
Sexual healing is good for me. — Marvin Gaye
Ain't nothing like the real thing. — Marvin Gaye
If you escape from people too often,, you wind up escaping from yourself. — Marvin Gaye
Life Lessons by Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye taught us to stay true to ourselves and never give up on our dreams, no matter how hard the journey may be.
He also showed us the importance of using our voices to speak up for what we believe in and to fight for justice and equality.
Lastly, he demonstrated the power of music to bring people together and to create a sense of unity and understanding.
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