Lionel Richie Net Worth

Lionel Richie's Quotes

• Lionel Richie, love song, okay, 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.
• 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.
• I think the whole world is dying to hear someone say, "I love you". I think that if I can leave the legacy of love and passion in the world, then I think I've done my job in a world that's getting colder and colder by the day.
• 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.
• By growing up in Alabama, I had a melting pot of the whole pie: R&B, gospel, country.

Interesting Facts about Lionel Richie

1. He was one of the original members of The Commodores and left the group in 1982.
2. He performed at benefit dinner for Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS in front of former President Bill Clinton and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on June 12, 2002.
3. He seriously considered becoming an Episcopalian Priest before turning to music.
4. He has performed with the SAS (Spike Edney's All Stars) Band.
5. He attended and graduated from Joliet Central High School in Joliet, Illinois.
6. He is the adoptive father of Nicole Richie, with his then-wife, Brenda Harvey-Richie.
7. He has two children with his second wife Diana Alexander Richie: Myles Brockman Richie (born May 27, 1994) and Sofia Richie (born August 26, 1998).
8. With Michael Jackson, co-wrote the song "We Are the World" and was one of its performers.
9. He attended and graduated from Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama.
10. He is longtime friends with radio personality Tom Joyner.
11. Michael Jackson was the godfather of his daughter Nicole Richie.
12. He is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi fraternity and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
13. He was inducted into the American Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994.
14. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on June 20, 2003.
15. He appeared on Canadian Idol (2003) on August 11, 2004. His music was one of the weekly themes of the show, and seven young finalists worked with him individually to prepare for singing his songs in competition.
16. On Who Do You Think You Are? (2010), Richiel was able to trace one of his ancestors to a father and son, Morgan W. and Dr. Morgan Brown, one of whom impregnated Lionel's slave ancestor. The Browns descend through a wife of another Morgan Brown to Zacharie Clothier and his wife who immigrated to Canada from France. Other descendants of Zacharie Cloutier include Madonna, Lady Gaga and Beyoncé.
17. Phil Collins was inspired to call the demo of his 1990 single "Do You Remember?" "Lionel" because it reminded him of Richie's music.
18. He was inducted into the International Mustache Hall of Fame in 2015 (inaugural class) in the category Music & Arts.
19. Baseball player Leonys Martín was named after Richie, his mother's favorite musical artist.
20. Richie's grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer in her eighties, but survived and went on to live to 103.