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Marvin Gaye Biography

Marvin Gaye (/ɡeɪ/; born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Gaye helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of hits, including "Ain't That Peculiar", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", and duet recordings with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Diana Ross and Tammi Terrell, later earning the titles "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul".

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Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.

Mean, Negotiating, Negotiation, Opponent, Opponents

And givin' yourself to me can never be wrong

Givin, Wrong

Music, not sex, got me aroused.

Aroused, Marvin, Music, Sex

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.

Anywhere, Inspirational, Peace, Wisdom

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.

Believe, Jesus, Learn, Long, Religious

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.

Dimension, Keys, Know, Piano, Refine, Trying

Art is a way of possessing destiny.

Art, Destiny, Possessing, Way

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.

God, Life, Music, Musical, Thinking, Together

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

Artist, Help, Hopefully, Overcoming, People, Record

Mercy, mercy me, things ain't what they used to be.

Expression, Mercy, Nostalgia, Things, Used

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).

269, Age, Love, Loved, Miserable

Who isn't fascinated by evil?

Evil, Fascinated

I am not going to be dictated to by fans, certainly. I am dictated enough to by my record company to last me a million years.

Dictated, Enough, Fans, Records, Years

When I look at the world it fills me with sorrow, little children today are really going to suffer tomorrow.

Children, Fills, Future, Look, Sorrow, Suffering

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.

Night, Player, Relax, Studying, Years, Young

Give out some love and you'll find peace sublime.

Finding Peace, Give, Giving, Love, Peace, Sublime

Let's save all the children, save the babies, save the babies.

Babies, Baby, Children, Peace, Save

War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate

Answers, Conquer, Hate, Love, War

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.

Artist, Eye, Heart, Meets, Privilege, Show

Don't you know how sweet and wonderful life can be?

Know, Know How, Life, Sweet, Wonderful

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