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title: "2 Be a man Quotes By Little Richard"
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> [If I had my life to live over, I would want to be a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/if-i-had-my-life-to-live-over-i-would-want-to-be-a-man/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

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> [I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/i-always-knew-i-was-a-man-always-felt-that-i-was-a-man-always-wanted/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

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## Other authors on Be a man

## More by Little Richard

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/i-decided-to-come-back-and-teach-goodness-in-this-business-to-teach/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

> [It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/it-was-a-way-out-of-poverty-it-was-a-way-to-success-it-was-a-way-to/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

> [I'm a conductor of revivals. The only minister in the whole package. Little Richard, the evangelist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/i-m-a-conductor-of-revivals-the-only-minister-in-the-whole-package/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

> [I look back on my life, comin' out of Macon, Georgia - I never thought I'd be a superstar, a living legend. I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/i-look-back-on-my-life-comin-out-of-macon-georgia-i-never-thought-i-d/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

> [I gave up rock 'n' roll for the rock of ages! I used to be a glaring homosexual until God changed me!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/i-gave-up-rock-n-roll-for-the-rock-of-ages-i-used-to-be-a-glaring/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

> [I thank God for making me a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/i-thank-god-for-making-me-a-man/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

> [No, I've never truly been a minister.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/no-i-ve-never-truly-been-a-minister/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

> [A-bop-bop-a-loom-op-a-lop-bop-boom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/a-bop-bop-a-loom-op-a-lop-bop-boom/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

> [I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/i-don-t-give-the-devil-credit-for-creating-nothing/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

> [They shoulda called me Little Cocaine, I was sniffing so much of the stuff! My nose got big enough to back a diesel truck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/they-shoulda-called-me-little-cocaine-i-was-sniffing-so-much-of-the/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

> [I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/i-never-accepted-the-idea-that-i-had-to-be-guided-by-some-pattern-or/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

> [If at first you don't succeed, you get back up and you try ... and you try ... and you try it again ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/if-at-first-you-don-t-succeed-you-get-back-up-and-you-try-and-you-try/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

> [Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/plus-i-love-tanya-tucker-and-i-love-country-music/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

> [My mother died, and I couldn't stand to look at her bedroom any more. I'd get sick. I've always been a momma's boy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/my-mother-died-and-i-couldn-t-stand-to-look-at-her-bedroom-any-more-i/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

> [If I had my life to live over, I would want to be a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/little-richard/if-i-had-my-life-to-live-over-i-would-want-to-be-a-man/)

[Little Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/little-richard/)

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