Hello, Lionel Richie has some advice you may be looking for.
Especially for anyone trying to step into his shoes.
“I hope you like people,” the American Idol judge explained on the March 26 episode of his son-in-law Joel Madden‘s podcast Artist Friendly. “If you don’t like people, here’s how it’s going to sound. You spend the first half of your career going, ‘Look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me.’ And then you finally get famous. ‘Don’t look at me. Don’t look at me. Don’t look at me.'”
“The universe gave you what you were asking for,” the four-time Grammy winner continued. “Now, what is it about people you don’t like? You want to be famous and rich without the people? It doesn’t work like that. You have to be able to engage.”
It’s a rule that means more to the 76-year-old.
“Sometimes you meet the person you idolize the most and you’re sorry you met them,” he said. “I made a promise to myself. I’m never going to be that.”
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