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I find myself going out on the road to get my confidence back, because I lose it at home.

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The best compliment that has ever been given to me was, I was at the airport one day and a guy came in and said, 'Lionel, my wife loves you, the kids love you, my mother-in-law loves you, the family loves you.'

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Country music has always been about as close to R&B as you can possibly get. We're storytellers.

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I grew up with the Grand Ole Opry, Dottie West, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens... not realizing it was influencing me as much as it was.

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By growing up in Alabama, I had a melting pot of the whole pie: R&B, gospel, country.

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Country is bringing in a little rock element... a little '80s element. Melody is king now. But its just in the music, its not so much in the songwriting, which is still very basic to the storytelling aspect of it.

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I want to let everybody know that I'm from there, and country is Tuskegee. Or should I say rather, my country is Tuskegee. I was born and raised there, it's not just someplace I passed through one day.

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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.

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People have allowed me into their homes, through my words and my music.

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I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: June 20th, 1949

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