Lionel Richie Quotes

You can tell when you're in a hit.

It's hard to be a breakout show and stay on top. We're like the flagship show over here.

'Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.

I'm thrilled at the continued success of the 'Big Show.'

We always thought if 'Beauty and the Beat' sold even 100,000 copies, we'd be real happy and a successful group, so when it reached a million... Hey, we just laughed about it.

Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be on that kind of media juggernaut. It was a big thing and the scrutiny was shocking.

Every TV show is a crapshoot, really. But every once in a while, a show gets anointed as 'the show.'

I've just been fortunate to havehad a lot of hit records, though Human Wheels doesn't qualify as a hit record-but it's really the best single I've ever had.

I never envisioned being number one for five weeks, knocking Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men off the charts. That's the scariest thing and the greatest thing that ever happened to me.

Obviously Spawn was at the top of the charts at that point so you get a lot of opportunities.

Just because you sell millions of records it doesn't guarantee bums on seats.

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.

Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public.

I know I have a hit show on my hands.

The song This Kiss was definitely my breakthrough song. After that, Breathe was my breakthrough album.

We call 'Ain't No Mountain' the golden egg that landed us at Motown.

My goal was never to sell many records.

I didn't realize what an impact having a No. 1 single would have. It connects me with people of different ages, and I get to travel all over the world.

I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.

I'm still proud of what I've done, even if it hasn't been the biggest song on the radio or hasn't gone to number one.

'The Hangover' was lightening in a bottle. We're aware of that. It went through the roof all over the world.

I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful.

I had no idea that it was gonna take off the way it did. I thought we made a good movie.

It feels great to have a #1 album.

I never really think so much about commercial success; I usually just think about records that move me, and 'Baby Got Back' was one that moved me.