Little Richard Quotes
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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.
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A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don't call myself that, but I believe it's true.
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I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man.
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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.
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I look back on my life, comin' out of Macon, Georgia - I never thought I'd be a superstar, a living legend. I never heard of no rock and roll in my life.
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They shoulda called me Little Cocaine, I was sniffing so much of the stuff! My nose got big enough to back a diesel truck in, unload it, and drive it right out again.
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I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.
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It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves.
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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.
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I call my music the healing music… It makes the blind feel that they can see, the lame feel that they can walk, the deaf and dumb that they can hear and talk.
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I saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally, he saw Aunt Mary coming and he ducked back in the alley.
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I think that a man should be caring.
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I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.
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Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me.
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I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business.
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But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money.
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No, I've never truly been a minister.
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I got a girl named Bony Maronie, she's as skinny as a stick of macaroni.
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I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano.
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I've never seen the devil create music.
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We're gonna have some fun tonight.
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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; it drew attention to what I was doing.
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I only wore makeup when I went onstage.
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I thank God for making me a man.