Lionel Richie
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Have you ever been in a club with four people in the room looking at you going, what you got to do?
I mean, listen, that's why when I see these kids on American Idol, I don't know how they do that.
I came in with five other guys going, yeah, yeah, yeah.
They're singing a cappella.
to me and Kerry and Luke, are you kidding?
And 20 million people watching and a billion, 200 million live impressions.
Get the frick out of here.
So I'm just saying for me to be this authority, if you will, I can relate to every one of their heartbeats on that stage.
I know what they're fearing.
That's why when I get around artists,
You don't try to blow them away with your importance.
First of all, do you need a hug first?
Let me talk to you for a minute.
Let me talk you down because you're expecting too much out of us.
Because we're all students of scared to death.