I came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - "Pennies from Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald,… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don't call myself that, but I believe it's true. — Little Richard Copy Share Image
I let people know that it was all right to do the kinds of things I did. — Little Richard Copy Share Image
People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
I was directed and commanded by another power. The power of darkness. The power that you've heard so much about. The power… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
I think they saw me as something like a deliverer, a way out. My means of expression, my music, was a way… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
Black people lived right by the railroad tracks, and the train would shake their houses at night. I would hear it as… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
I think people who don't believe in God are crazy. How can you say there is no God when you hear the… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
My true belief about Rock 'n' Roll--and there have been a lot of phrases attributed to me over the years--is this: I… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to… — 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 Image
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 Image
I'm a conductor of revivals. The only minister in the whole package. Little Richard, the evangelist. — Little Richard Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint. — Little Richard Copy Share Image
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 Image
