Lionel Richie - Popular People Bio

About

Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor. His recordings with the Commodores and in his solo career made him one of the most successful balladeers of the 1980s.

Nicknames
Skeet, L-Train

BIRTHDAY
June 20, 1949 (age 74)

ZODIAC SIGN
Gemini

BORN
Tuskegee, Alabama, United States (Map)

EDUCATION

Joliet Central High School (Map)
Tuskegee University (Map)
Auburn University (Map)

POLITICAL VIEWS
Liberal

Nationality
American

HEIGHT
5ft 11 (180.3 cm)

WEIGHT
82 kg (181 lb)

DIET
No

EYE COLOR
Brown

HAIR COLOR
Black

HANDEDNESS
Right-handed

TATTOOS
None

NET WORTH
$200 Million (2020)

Faith
Pantheist

languages spoken
English

IQ
Unknown

House
Beverly Hills, California, US (Map)

Personal Quotes

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.

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

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.

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.

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.