Little Richard Quotes

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

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

I only wore makeup when I went onstage.

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

Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music.

I thank God for making me a man.

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.

We're gonna have some fun tonight.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I've never seen the devil create music.