Little Richard Quotes

I'm here to sing... view

By: Little Richard

I would wear flamboyant clothes and long hair, and most singers at the time didn't... view

By: Little Richard

I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention... view

By: Little Richard

I was always my own person... view

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I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to condemn or control or criticize... view

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I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business... view

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I think they saw me as something like a deliverer, a way out. My means of expression, my music, was a way in which a lot of people wished they could express themselves and couldn't... view

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I think people who don't believe in God are crazy. How can you say there is no God when you hear the birds singing these beautiful songs you didn't make?.. view

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I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband... view

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I'm very much a gentleman in what I do... view

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To me, true rock 'n' roll has a lot of bottom in it... view

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I think that a man should be caring... view

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I've never seen the devil create music... view

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If I had my life to live over, I would want to be a man... view

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It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me... view

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Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me... view

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No, I've never truly been a minister... view

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Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock... view

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Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music... view

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Some situations you cause yourself... view

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When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll.. view

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I thank God for making me a man... view

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But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer.. view

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Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children... view

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I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano... view

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I only wore makeup when I went onstage... view

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And I think a woman should find it a joy to be female because God made both male and female... view

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And I'd like to give my love to everybody, and let them know that the grass may look greener on the other side, but believe me, it's just as hard to cut... view

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But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud... view

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But when I went on the stage to do a show, I would put on makeup because I felt that it enhanced my act.. view

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But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money... view

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And I don't get down on nobody else for doing whatever else they do. To each his own... view

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Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked... view

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God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men... view

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Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul... view

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I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive... view

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I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names... view

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I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint... view

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I love God, and I'm a follower... view

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God is omnipotent, He is omniscient, and He is ever present... view

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I just want the world to know that God is present, that he's alive for ever more... view

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I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other... view

By: Little Richard