I came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - "Pennies from Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald, was all I heard. — Little Richard Copy Share Image
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,… — Little Richard Copy Share
It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way… — Little Richard Copy Share
I'm a conductor of revivals. The only minister in the whole package. Little Richard, the evangelist. — Little Richard Copy Share
I look back on my life, comin' out of Macon, Georgia - I never thought I'd be a superstar, a living legend. I never… — Little Richard Copy Share
I gave up rock 'n' roll for the rock of ages! I used to be a glaring homosexual until God changed me! — Little Richard Copy Share
They shoulda called me Little Cocaine, I was sniffing so much of the stuff! My nose got big enough to back a diesel truck… — Little Richard Copy Share
I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint. — Little Richard Copy Share
If at first you don't succeed, you get back up and you try ... and you try ... and you try it again ...… — Little Richard Copy Share
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. — Little Richard Copy Share
