Little Richard Quotes
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Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.
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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!
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But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.
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Rock 'n' roll doesn't glorify God. You can't drink out of God's cup and the devil's cup at the same time. I was one of the pioneers of that music, one of the builders. I know what the blocks are made of because I built them.
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I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll!
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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!'
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And I think a woman should find it a joy to be female because God made both male and female.
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My true belief about Rock 'n' Roll--and there have been a lot of phrases attributed to me over the years--is this: I believe this kind of music is demonic. ... A lot of the beats in music today are taken from voodoo, from the voodoo drums. If you study music in rhythms, like I have, you'll see that is true. I believe that kind of music is driving people from Christ. It is contagious
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I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.
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I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road.
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God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men.
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Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul.
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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; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues.
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It's hard to have a friend when your name's a household word.
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That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.
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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.
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I decided to come back and teach goodness in this business. To teach love, because music is the universal language. We are God's bouquet, and through music we become one.
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I gave up rock 'n' roll for the rock of ages! I used to be a glaring homosexual until God changed me!
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I got fame and fortune, and I lost my sense of reasoning.
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Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music.
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I would wear flamboyant clothes and long hair, and most singers at the time didn't.
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To me, true rock 'n' roll has a lot of bottom in it.
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I did what I felt, and I felt what I did, at all costs.
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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.