I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist. — Little Richard Copy Share Image
I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms. — Little Richard Copy Share Image
I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll! — Little Richard Copy Share Image
That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll. — 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
But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation. — Little Richard Copy Share Image
I think my legacy should be that when I started in show business, there wasn't no such thing as rock n' roll.… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played… — 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.… — 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
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
Rock 'n' roll doesn't glorify God. You can't drink out of God's cup and the devil's cup at the same time. I… — 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
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
