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Lionel Richie is an American singer, songwriter, and music producer, famous for his soulful ballads and smooth voice. His career spans more than five decades with numerous hit songs, both as a solo artist and as a member of the Commodores. He has won multiple Grammy Awards and remains a beloved figure in popular music. Here are 53 of his quotes:

What is happening here? Something is going on That's not quite clear. Somebody turn on the light, We're gonna have a party. It's starting tonight. Oh, what a feeling! When we're dancing on the ceiling.

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My love, There's only you in my life The only thing that's right. My first love, (yeah) You're every breath that I take You're every step I make.

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I've been through so many changes in my life woman It's a wonder I ain't lost my mind And I ain't never said how much I need you sugar But I sho' need you by my side. My love, just thinking about you baby Just blows my mind.

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You know sometimes I sit and wonder Just how this world would be If we had all the people laughing And everybody living in harmony. We'd have to say se la se la. Talking to the people se la, se la.

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Here we are out here, me and you. Reaching out to each other Is all that we can do. Here we stand trying not to fall. There's no need to worry, Love will conquer all.

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Hey, hey, what I'm sayin' is - Do it to me one more time. Oh, give you one more chance, This heart of mine. Do it to me one more time, baby. Can't get enough of your love!

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

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

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People have allowed me into their homes, through my words and my music.

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

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I am a country boy and proud of it.

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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.

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

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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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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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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.

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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.

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

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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!

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