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"Lionel Richie has said that The Voice was an &amp;quot;eye-opening experience&amp;quot; for him because he realised he wouldn&amp;#039;t be able to do what the contestants have done.  The legendary singer will serve as a mentor for Christina Aguilera&amp;#039;s team on the second season, which currently airs Monday nights on NBC.   Speaking to social media correspondent Christina Milian, he said: &amp;quot;It was probably one of the most eye-opening experiences ever because I now know what I would not be able to take!  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s incredible. I&amp;#039;m having trouble every day trying to get my confidence together to say, &amp;#039;I think I&amp;#039;ll try that, I think I&amp;#039;ll go with this song today, I&amp;#039;m not sure&amp;#039;\u2026 then let&amp;#039;s make it one step more difficult and surprise you with a celebrity!&amp;quot; Watch Lionel Richie talking to Christina Milian below:   Richie said that he had known Aguilera &amp;quot;for a while&amp;quot; in a professional and personal capacity because she is a friend of his daughter Nicole Richie. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s wonderful because we have a rapport, then Blake Shelton, of course, is on my new CD,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s great to be around people who are actually singers. Singers judging singers. That&amp;#039;s what makes it work.&amp;quot;  Richie also spoke about his new album Tuskegee in the interview, saying: &amp;quot;I decided to go slightly country. I took all of my copyrights and offered them up to country artists and said let&amp;#039;s do some songs together.&amp;quot; In addition to Shelton, the album also contains offerings from Willie Nelson, Shania Twain and Jennifer Nettles.  The Voice airs Mondays at 8/7c on NBC Browse photos from the latest auditions below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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