--- title: "1 27 Years Quotes By Lionel Richie" description: "1 27 Years quotes by Lionel Richie. Plus more from Lionel Richie and more 27 Years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/lionel-richie-13497_business_forget-about-40-years-in-show-business-j_825530.jpg" --- > [Forget about 40 years in show business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie is enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/forget-about-40-years-in-show-business-just-surviving-27-years-of/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-richie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/lionel-richie-13497_business_forget-about-40-years-in-show-business-j_825530.jpg) ## More by Lionel Richie > [I'm a songwriter, and people will tell you the greatest stories about their lives, whether you want to hear it or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/i-m-a-songwriter-and-people-will-tell-you-the-greatest-stories-about/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/i-find-the-greatest-songs-in-the-world-come-out-of-pain-and-i-don-t/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-richie/) > [It was very interesting in my world, because I grew up as a fan and I did not know that there was a thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/it-was-very-interesting-in-my-world-because-i-grew-up-as-a-fan-and-i/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-richie/) > [I grew up with the Grand Ole Opry, Dottie West, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens... not realizing it was influencing me as much as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/i-grew-up-with-the-grand-ole-opry-dottie-west-conway-twitty-buck/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-richie/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/i-just-like-people-i-ll-hold-a-conversation-at-a-gas-station-it-s-not/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/your-kids-can-say-some-cruel-things-to-you-at-times-for-example/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-richie/) > [I think the whole world is dying to hear someone say, 'I love you.' I think that if I can leave the legacy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/i-think-the-whole-world-is-dying-to-hear-someone-say-i-love-you-i/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-richie/) > [“In my dreams I've kissed your lips a thousand times.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/in-my-dreams-i-ve-kissed-your-lips-a-thousand-times/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-richie/) > [I want to let everybody know that I'm from there, and country is Tuskegee. Or should I say rather, my country is Tuskegee. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/i-want-to-let-everybody-know-that-i-m-from-there-and-country-is/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-richie/) > [Let the music play on would be my legacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/let-the-music-play-on-would-be-my-legacy/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/lionel-richie-love-song-ok-thank-you-very-much-good-bye-and-all-of-a/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-richie/) > [The music business was not safe, but it was FUN. It was like falling in love with a woman you know is bad for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/the-music-business-was-not-safe-but-it-was-fun-it-was-like-falling-in/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-richie/) > [Country is bringing in a little rock element... a little '80s element. Melody is king now. But its just in the music, its not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/country-is-bringing-in-a-little-rock-element-a-little-80s-element/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/kids-will-keep-it-real-if-i-ve-ever-had-in-my-life-a-great-anchor-it/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-richie/) > [People, as critical as it looks, we're OK. We are in control, whether we feel it or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-richie/people-as-critical-as-it-looks-we-re-ok-we-are-in-control-whether-we/) [Lionel Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-richie/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/27-years/lionel-richie/#itemlist", "name": "1 27 Years Quotes By Lionel Richie", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Forget about 40 years in show business. 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