United Kingdom, Oct. 4 -- Lionel Richie would get fans to eat meals with him because he was worried about being alone early in his career.

The Hello hitmaker explained that he would seek out fans to dine with him as he found it hard spending time on his own when he wasn't performing.

In an interview on Today with Jenna and Friends to promote his new memoir Truly, Lionel recalled: "For the first five years, if we had breakfast, lunch or dinner, I would go downstairs in the restaurant of whatever location and find a fan and go, 'Let's have lunch'. I just couldn't figure that out.

"And so as time went on, I kind of developed this thing where, 'Okay, how do I just relax?' The relaxing part was on stage.

"The next thing I didn't understand...