Quotes by Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie

Believe me, I love commerce as much as the rest of the readers of ‘Businessweek.’ But in art, you have to be true to yourself and your musical vision. People have known me well for a long time, so if I was chasing a trend and doing something that wasn’t authentic to who I am, they would know it in just a few seconds.

Art

Believe

Who I Am

Forget about 40 years in show business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie is enough.

Enough

Forget

Years

I always like to challenge myself. I never want to be put into a box.

Boxes

Challenges

Want

I don’t think I’m going to be priest material.

Materials

Priests

Thinking

I find myself going out on the road to get my confidence back, because I lose it at home.

Going Out

Home

Loses

I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don’t like it! Here’s what it does: It strips away all of your facade. It makes you so honest. It’s cleansing.

Pain

Song

World

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.

Music Business

Nashville

Used

I just like people. I’ll hold a conversation at a gas station. It’s not about the fame and the fortune, I just like people.

Fame

Gas Stations

People

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.

I Love You

Jobs

Passion

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.

Country

Growing Up

Interesting

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Art

Artist

Believe

Bigger

Boxes

Challenges

Country

Creative

Enough

Fame

Feels

Forget

Gas Stations

Going Out

Growing Up

Home

I Love You

Ideas

Interesting

Jobs

Levels

Looks

Loses

Materials

Mediocrity

Memories

Music Business

Nashville

Nothing New

Pain

Passion

Past

People

Priests

Song

Thinking

Travel

Used

Want

Watches

Who I Am

World

Years

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Quotes by Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie

Forget about 40 years in show business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie is enough.

I always like to challenge myself. I never want to be put into a box.

I don’t think I’m going to be priest material.

I find myself going out on the road to get my confidence back, because I lose it at home.

I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don’t like it! Here’s what it does: It strips away all of your facade. It makes you so honest. It’s cleansing.

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.

I just like people. I’ll hold a conversation at a gas station. It’s not about the fame and the fortune, I just like people.

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.

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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