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Little Richard quotes: I didn't know that homosexuality was wrong until I read it in the Bible.

I didn't know that homosexuality was wrong until I read it in the Bible.

Little Richard quotes: Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul.

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

Little Richard quotes: I let people know that it was all right to do the kinds of things I did.

I let people know that it was all right to do the kinds of things I did.

Little Richard quotes: I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.

I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.

Little Richard quotes: I did what I felt, and I felt what I did, at all costs.

I did what I felt, and I felt what I did, at all costs.

Little Richard quotes: God would be a very selfish god if he gave all the soul to one race ... When one sings from the heart and it reaches another heart, that's soul.

God would be a very selfish god if he gave all the soul to one race ... When one sings from the heart and it reaches another heart, that's soul.

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

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

Little Richard quotes: I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.

I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.

Little Richard quotes: I got a girl named Bony Maronie, she's as skinny as a stick of macaroni.

I got a girl named Bony Maronie, she's as skinny as a stick of macaroni.

Little Richard quotes: If at first you don't succeed, you get back up and you try ... and you try ... and you try it again ... except ice skating, I hate this

If at first you don't succeed, you get back up and you try ... and you try ... and you try it again ... except ice skating, I hate this crap, I quit!

Little Richard quotes: I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man.

I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man.

Little Richard quotes: To me, true rock 'n' roll has a lot of bottom in it.

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

Little Richard quotes: I thank God for making me a man.

I thank God for making me a man.

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

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

Little Richard quotes: I was washing dishes at the Greyhound bus station at the time and I said, 'Awap bop a lup bop a wop bam boom, take 'em out!'

I was washing dishes at the Greyhound bus station at the time and I said, 'Awap bop a lup bop a wop bam boom, take 'em out!'

Little Richard quotes: I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.

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

Little Richard quotes: I was always my own person.

I was always my own person.

Little Richard quotes: I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.

I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.

Little Richard quotes: I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention.

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

Little Richard quotes: Elvis was God-given, there's no other explanation. A Messiah comes around every few thousand years, and Elvis was it this time.

Elvis was God-given, there's no other explanation. A Messiah comes around
every few thousand years, and Elvis was it this time.

Little Richard quotes: I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business.

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

Little Richard quotes: I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.

I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.

Little Richard quotes: That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.

That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.

Little Richard quotes: I was directed and commanded by another power. The power of darkness ... that a lot of people don't believe exists. The power of the Devil. Satan.

I was directed and commanded by another power. The power of darkness ... that a lot of people don't believe exists. The power of the Devil. Satan.

Little Richard quotes: God is omnipotent, He is omniscient, and He is ever present.

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

Little Richard quotes: I love God, and I'm a follower.

I love God, and I'm a follower.

Little Richard quotes: I've never seen the devil create music.

I've never seen the devil create music.

Little Richard quotes: I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.

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

Little Richard quotes: 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.

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.

Little Richard quotes: But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.

But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.

Little Richard quotes: A lot of songs I sang to crowds to get their reaction. That's how I knew they'd hit.

A lot of songs I sang to crowds to get their reaction. That's how I knew they'd hit.

Little Richard quotes: I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll!

I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll!

Little Richard quotes: I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.

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

Little Richard quotes: I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano.

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

Little Richard quotes: Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music.

Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music.

Little Richard quotes: A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don't call myself that, but I believe it's true.

A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don't call myself that, but I believe it's true.

Little Richard quotes: If I had my life to live over, I would want to be a man.

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

Little Richard quotes: My mother died, and I couldn't stand to look at her bedroom any more. I'd get sick. I've always been a momma's boy.

My mother died, and I couldn't stand to look at her bedroom any more. I'd get sick. I've always been a momma's boy.

Little Richard quotes: And I think a woman should find it a joy to be female because God made both male and female.

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

Little Richard quotes: We're gonna have some fun tonight.

We're gonna have some fun tonight.

Little Richard quotes: I gave up rock 'n' roll for the rock of ages! I used to be a glaring homosexual until God changed me!

I gave up rock 'n' roll for the rock of ages! I used to be a glaring homosexual until God changed me!

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

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

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

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

Little Richard quotes: I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road ...

I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road ...

Little Richard quotes: But when I went on the stage to do a show, I would put on makeup because I felt that it enhanced my act; it drew attention to what I

But when I went on the stage to do a show, I would put on makeup because I felt that it enhanced my act; it drew attention to what I was doing.

Little Richard quotes: I would wear flamboyant clothes and long hair, and most singers at the time didn't.

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

Little Richard quotes: It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves.

It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves.

Little Richard quotes: I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.

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

Little Richard quotes: I'm a conductor of revivals. The only minister in the whole package. Little Richard, the evangelist.

I'm a conductor of revivals. The only minister in the whole package. Little Richard, the evangelist.

Little Richard quotes: I came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - "Pennies from Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald, was all I heard.

I came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - "Pennies from Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald, was all I heard.

Little Richard quotes: I got fame and fortune, and I lost my sense of reasoning.

I got fame and fortune, and I lost my sense of reasoning.

Little Richard quotes: I think that a man should be caring.

I think that a man should be caring.

Little Richard quotes: I only wore makeup when I went onstage.

I only wore makeup when I went onstage.

Little Richard quotes: Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.

Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.

Little Richard quotes: No, I've never truly been a minister.

No, I've never truly been a minister.

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

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

Little Richard quotes: 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.

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.

Little Richard quotes: But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.

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

Little Richard quotes: Some situations you cause yourself.

Some situations you cause yourself.

Little Richard quotes: God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men.

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

Little Richard quotes: It's hard to have a friend when your name's a household word.

It's hard to have a friend when your name's a household word.

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

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

Little Richard quotes: I saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally, he saw Aunt Mary coming and he ducked back in the alley.

I saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally, he saw Aunt Mary coming and he ducked back in the alley.

Little Richard quotes: I'm here to sing.

I'm here to sing.