Lionel Richie turns author, plans to explore his career and work in tell-all memoir

Lionel Richie has finally decided to release a tell-all memoir where he will reflect on his nearly 60 years of his career.

In a press statement via PEOPLE, the singer “seeks to inspire all who doubt themselves or feel their dreams don’t matter by chronicling lessons learned in the course of his most unlikely of success stories”.

Lionel, who was spotted with his girlfriend at Spago, went “from a painfully shy, tragically late bloomer grappling with ADHD to his dramatic transformation into a world-class entertainer and composer of love songs that have played like the soundtrack of our lives”.

The singer opened up that he considered himself “the reluctant hero of my own story,” per the outlet.

“I travel the world, and all people really want to hear is, ‘I love you,’” said the musician in a statement.

Lionel stated, “‘I love you’ is forever. And the day we realise we come as different tribes, but we all represent the global family of mankind… the day that happens, we will clearly be united, together, as one.”

“Lionel is not only a music legend who has long been a multicultural and generational bridge, he has witnessed monumental shifts in history and entertainment while working with some of the most significant talents of our age,” explained Judith Curr, president and publisher of HarperOne Group.

The publisher noted, “Lionel will share how he lived to tell this story – and through divine intervention, soon took off to higher heights, with one of the greatest rejuvenation stories ever told.”

Meanwhile, Lionel’s will hit the bookstores on September 30, 2025 from HarperOne and is available for pre-sale now.