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.

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.

Simplicity is the key to what I do.

Let the music play on would be my legacy.

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.

I just had to find all my friends that used to be in the business. As I say, the music business didn't die, it just moved to Nashville.

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.