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.
Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it. - Lionel Richie
Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.
- Lionel Richie
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. - Lionel Richie
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'm easy like Sunday Morning. - Lionel Richie
I'm easy like Sunday Morning.
No one can deny, this love I have inside, and I'll give it all to you, my endless love. - Lionel Richie
No one can deny, this love I have inside, and I'll give it all to you, my endless love.
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… - Lionel Richie
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…
Simplicity is the key to what I do. - Lionel Richie
Simplicity is the key to what I do.
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… - Lionel Richie
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…
Soul is a feeling, not a color. - Lionel Richie
Soul is a feeling, not a color.
When your past calls, don't answer. It has nothing new to say. - Lionel Richie
When your past calls, don't answer. It has nothing new to say.
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