Lionel Richie - 'Let the music play on' would be my legacy.

'Let the music play on' would be my legacy.

Biography

Author Profession: Musician

Nationality: American

Born: June 20, 1949

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Topics

Legacy, Music, Play, Would, Would-Be

Quotes to Explore

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

Home Fear Fight Greatness

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.'

Love Family Best Day

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.

Me Time You Travel

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

Myself Challenge Never Want

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.

You Pain World Your

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.

People Conversation Fame Like

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.

People Way Saying I Can

People, as critical as it looks, we're OK. We are in control, whether we feel it or not.

People Feel Control Looks

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.

Life Best Day Time

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.

Love You Song Thank You

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.

Music Community Country I Can

It was very interesting in my world, because I grew up as a fan and I did not know that there was a thing called R&B, pop, country, classical - I just knew that I loved music.

Music World Loved Country

When I came up with the idea for 'Tuskegee,' I didn't want to be confined by boundaries of age, genre or demographics. I am thrilled with how well this album has been received by people from all walks of life. It is truly living up to the vision we had when we created it.

Life Age I Am People

Just when I think it couldn't get any bigger, 'Tuskegee' reaches a new level of success.

Success Think New Just

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