Stevie Wonder Praises Steve Jobs at Surprise Appearance

Musican and UN Messenger for Peace Stevie Wonder speaks during the launch of the United Nations Foundation Mobile Application at the United Nations on Sept. 15, 2011 in New York City.

*Music legend Stevie Wonder popped up at Wonder-Full, an annual celebration of his music at an L.A. nightclub, and took a moment to sing the praises of another icon — Steve Jobs, who resigned his position as CEO of Apple last month.

During a surprise performance by Wonder, he took time out to laud Jobs, who has had numerous health issues in recent years.

“I want you all to give a hand to someone that you know whose health is very bad at this time,” Wonder enthused. “His company took the challenge in making his technology accessible to everyone. In the spirit of caring and moving the world forward: Steve Jobs. Because there’s nothing on the iPhone or the iPad that you can do that I can’t do.

“As a matter of fact, I can be talking to you, you can be looking at me, and I can be doing whatever I need to do and you don’t even know what I’m doing!”