I love a little Richard Brautigan poetry.

Little Richard, he'd say, 'Oh Dick Dale! You have luscious lips!'

— Dick Dale

Rock and roll came into my life when I was about 12, 13, when Little Richard and Chuck Berry had just started hitting the…

— Joe Cocker

I started out just as Elvis was going into the army, Jerry Lee Lewis married his 14-year-old cousin, and Little Richard became a priest.

— Neil Sedaka

Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music - look at Little Richard. It…

— Bruce Springsteen

I don't know who Little Richard is.

— Bar Refaeli

I heard Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, and that was it. I didn't ever want to be anything else. I just started banging…

— Elton John

Little Richard opens his mouth, and out comes liberation.

— Steven Van Zandt

The first people I ever saw were probably Little Richard and Gene Vincent.

— Roy Wood

When Little Richard used to stand up and play it was just fabulous, and Liberace had the candlesticks and the rings and the gift…

— Elton John

Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.

— Lemmy

No man had ever knocked little Richard down. But of course Ammm was not a man.

— Dave Barry

Joe Morello, my dad was really into him and Little Richard's drummer.

— Jason Bonham

When I was 9 years old, I wanted to be the baritone sax player in the Little Richard band.

— David Bowie

Ain't nobody more punk rock than Robert Johnson, Lead Belly, even Little Richard.

— Fantastic Negrito

Little Richard played my uncle on 'Full House.' He's fabulous. I remember him being incredibly kind to me. I just remember him being super,…

— Jurnee Smollett-Bell