Lionel Richie
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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth20 June 1949
CityTuskegee, AL
CountryUnited States of America
Lionel Richie quotes about
In life you must be able to discern between who and what is genuine and artificial. I always try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but I realize that you can't please everybody all of the time and that sometimes you have to just go for what you know.
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.
By growing up in Alabama, I had a melting pot of the whole pie: R&B, gospel, country.
Father' meant to me provider... and I was working myself to death... but I wasn't physically home; I wasn't there every day.
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.
No one can deny, this love I have inside, and I'll give it all to you, my endless love.
Today we've learned to celebrate mediocrity. Back in the day we had creative artists; today we have created artists.
Simplicity is the key to what I do.
All artists are egotistical maniacs with inferiority complexes.
I just had to find all my friends that used to be in the business. As I say, the music business didn't die, it just moved to Nashville.
Just when I think it couldn't get any bigger, 'Tuskegee' reaches a new level of success.
Your kids can say some cruel things to you at times. For example, Nicole, Miles and Sofie are standing there in the room and I'm dressed to kill in my own mind. They'll say to me, 'Dad, you're not going out there looking like that are you?' If that doesn't kill a star, I don't know what does!
I always like to challenge myself. I never want to be put into a box.
When will we ever learn, there's nowhere else we can turn.