'Respectful. Warm. And, above all, humble. ... The man doesn’t have a pretentious bone in his body.' Read Lenny Kravitz's deeply personal speech inducting Lionel Richie into the rockhall
spoke with Richie after news of his Hall of Fame induction. “It’s probably going to be one of the greatest nights because I can now appreciate that time in my life,” he said. “Normally we’re so busy trying to survive that you don’t really enjoy the moment. That’s going to be an evening where I just sit with all my friends and peers and just take it in.”First of all, I would like to say that it is a blessing that we can all be here this evening to celebrate life and music together.
Just as we were figuring out the chorus, Grandpa turned around and said, “Hey, you fellas you mind taking that noise someplace else?” I froze. I looked at Lionel, Lionel looked at me, and then I looked at my grandfather and wanted to say, “Grandpa, I’m writing with Lionel fuckin’ Richie!” Okay. First of all, I would never speak to my grandfather like that. Secondly, if I had, he would have whooped my ass right in front of him.That’s when Lionel jumped in and said, “Yes sir, Mr. Roker.
As a singer-songwriter, producer and performer, he’s on the mountaintop of musical icons. If the history of this thing we loosely call rock and roll is ever definitively written, Lionel will command a major chapter all his own. As a Commodore, he was sensational, only to out-do himself as a solo artist. His music has brightened the lives of millions of fans. And his influence on artists like me, who have followed him, is pervasive and profound.
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