Lionel Richie Quotes

Lionel Richie — American Musician born on June 20, 1949,

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... (wikipedia)

All artists are egotistical maniacs with inferiority complexes.

The best compliment that has ever been given to me was, I was at the airport one day and a guy came in and said, 'Lionel, my wife loves you, the kids love you, my mother-in-law loves you, the family loves you.'

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.

Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.

By growing up in Alabama, I had a melting pot of the whole pie: R&B, gospel, country.