Little Richard Quotes
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It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves.
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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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God is omnipotent, He is omniscient, and He is ever present.
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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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I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll!
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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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Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children.
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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 think that a man should be caring.
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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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I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.
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I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.
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I've never seen the devil create music.
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I let people know that it was all right to do the kinds of things I did.
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I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.
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Elvis was God-given, there's no other explanation. A Messiah comes around every few thousand years, and Elvis was it this time.
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It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me.
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No, I've never truly been a minister.
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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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A lot of songs I sang to crowds to get their reaction. That's how I knew they'd hit.
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A-bop-bop-a-loom-op-a-lop-bop-boom.
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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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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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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 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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It's hard to have a friend when your name's a household word.
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I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano.
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To me, true rock 'n' roll has a lot of bottom in it.
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God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men.
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