Legendary singer Lionel Richie looks back at his life and career in a new memoir

Richie’s songs have inspired fans for five decades. — CHANTAL ANDERSON/The New York Times

Lionel Richie paced a hallway in his gargantuan house in Beverly Hills, staring at a video on his manager’s phone. 

It showed copies of his memoir, Truly, zipping down a conveyor belt at a printing plant in Virginia.