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Taking time to sit back and wa...

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.

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Growing up with country, R&B, ...

Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer.

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I just had to find all my frie...

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.

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Exactly when people are in tur...

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.

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Country is bringing in a littl...

Country is bringing in a little rock element... a little '80s element. Melody is king now. But its just in the music, its not so much in the songwriting, which is still very basic to the storytelling aspect of it.

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Believe me, I love commerce as...

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.

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People, as critical as it look...

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

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My earliest memories of countr...

My earliest memories of country music are the Grand Ole Opry.

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Just when I think it couldn't ...

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

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I'm a songwriter, and people w...

I'm a songwriter, and people will tell you the greatest stories about their lives, whether you want to hear it or not.

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I just like people. I'll hold ...

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.

Lionel Richie 44 quotes

I grew up with the Grand Ole O...

I grew up with the Grand Ole Opry, Dottie West, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens... not realizing it was influencing me as much as it was.

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I always like to challenge mys...

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

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Country music has always been ...

Country music has always been about as close to R&B as you can possibly get. We're storytellers.

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It's quite interesting that in...

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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The best compliment that has e...

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.

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I find the greatest songs in t...

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.

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All artists are egotistical ma...

All artists are egotistical maniacs with inferiority complexes.

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When will we ever learn, there...

When will we ever learn, there's nowhere else we can turn.

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I am a country boy and proud o...

I am a country boy and proud of it.

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