Little Richard Quotes
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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 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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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 always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man.
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It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves.
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I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.
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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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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 tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business.
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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 never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.
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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 don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.
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I got a girl named Bony Maronie, she's as skinny as a stick of macaroni.
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No, I've never truly been a minister.
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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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I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano.
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I think that a man should be caring.
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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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I thank God for making me a man.
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I only wore makeup when I went onstage.
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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.