Quotes by Lionel Richie

About Lionel Richie:

Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. Beginning in 1968, he was a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records. Richie made his solo debut in 1982 with the album Lionel Richie and the number-one hit "Truly". He has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time.
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Kids will keep it real. If I've ever had in my life a great anchor, it's them. They get in your head, 'don't get too famous.' If you think you're really famous and think you're really hip, go hang out with your kids for an afternoon. That's about as ...

Lionel Richie

I knew I was going to do a country album one day. But I was just trying to figure out for the life of me, what we were going to do to make it different, unique.

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Lionel Richie, love song, OK, thank you very much, good-bye. And all of a sudden I realized that, in my career, what has made my career has always been the surprises.

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I think the whole world is dying to hear someone say, 'I love you.' I think that if I can leave the legacy of love and passion in the world, then I think I've done my job in a world that's getting colder and colder by the day.

Lionel Richie

I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult.

Lionel Richie

Just when I think it couldn't get any bigger, 'Tuskegee' reaches a new level of success.

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It's quite interesting that in my growing up I had several influences. We had gospel music on campus. R&B music was, of course, the community, and radio was country music. So I can kind of see where all the influences came from.

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It was very interesting in my world, because I grew up as a fan and I did not know that there was a thing called R&B, pop, country, classical - I just knew that I loved music.

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'Let the music play on' would be my legacy.

Lionel Richie

Country is bringing in a little rock element... a little '80s element. Melody is king now. But its just in the music, its not so much in the songwriting, which is still very basic to the storytelling aspect of it.

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People have allowed me into their homes, through my words and my music.

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Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer.

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Country music has always been about as close to R&B as you can possibly get. We're storytellers.

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When I was growing up, music was music and there were no genres. We didn't look at it as country music. Popular music in Tuskegee was country music. So I didn't know it in categories. It was the radio.

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My earliest memories of country music are the Grand Ole Opry.

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Author Bio

  • NameLionel Richie
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor
  • BornJune 20, 1949
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Actor; Singer-songwriter; Pianist; Musician