"Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical……" — Lionel Richie
"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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35 Quotes by Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie has 35 quotes on this site.
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The music business was not safe, but it was FUN. It was like falling in love with a woman you…
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I don't think I'm going to be priest material.
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So much of my career has been about saying things the way people say them, using melodies not that I…
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I think the whole world is dying to hear someone say, 'I love you.' I think that if I can…
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Forget about 40 years in show business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie is enough.
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Soul is a feeling, not a color,
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I am a country boy and proud of it.
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Traveling did a great deal to me. I found that when I travel and just sit in the corner and…
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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…
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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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Let the music play on would be my legacy.
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More Classical Quotes
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one of 639 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development.
— Bjork
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I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to…
— Tony Blair
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Classical music and pop are two different universes, each with its own difficulties, peculiarities, depth and artistic dignity. In Italy,…
— Andrea Bocelli
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I did a pop album, 'Sogno,' in 1999. I think it's important to record another pop album because many people…
— Andrea Bocelli
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Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic…
— Andrea Bocelli
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Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances,…
— Dave Brubeck
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When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes…
— Dave Brubeck
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I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real…
— Nicolas Cage
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I call myself a liberal - a classical liberal as in John Stuart Mill.
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for…
— Paulo Coelho
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