Quotes by Lionel Richie

Exactly when people are in turmoil is the time that the entertainment business has always been at its best. Because people don't want to be reminded every day that they are under siege, or that they're not having a great time of life.
– Lionel Richie
'Father' meant to me provider... and I was working myself to death... but I wasn't physically home; I wasn't there every day.
– 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 honest. It's cleansing.
– Lionel Richie
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.
– Lionel Richie
People, as critical as it looks, we're OK. We are in control, whether we feel it or not.
– Lionel Richie
Simplicity is the key to what I do.
– Lionel Richie
So much of my career has been about saying things the way people say them, using melodies not that I can sing but that the people can sing.
– Lionel Richie
Taking time to sit back and watch and think about what you've seen is important. Traveling did a great deal to me. I found that when I travel and just sit in the corner and watch, a million ideas come to me.
– Lionel Richie
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!
– Lionel Richie
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 earthbound as it's going to get.
– 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
Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.
– Lionel Richie