Quotes by Little Richard

About Little Richard:

Richard Wayne Penniman is an American recording artist, songwriter and musician.
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But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.

Little Richard

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

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

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

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

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I think that a man should be caring.

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

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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.

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

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

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Black people lived right by the railroad tracks, and the train would shake their houses at night. I would hear it as a boy, and I thought: I'm gonna make a song that sounds like that.

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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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Some situations you cause yourself.

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

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

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

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

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

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Author Bio

  • NameLittle Richard
  • DescriptionAmerican pianist, singer and songwriter
  • AliasesRichard Wayne Penniman
  • BornDecember 5, 1932
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Pianist; Musician; Songwriter
  • AwardsGrammy Lifetime Achievement Award