Song Quotes by Little Richard

12 Song quotes by Little Richard

Little Richard’s take on song packs a punch, even in a compact collection. These twelve snippets capture his electrifying spirit, offering a quick spark for anyone who loves a good riff.

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I'm here to sing.

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But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.

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I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano.

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To me, true rock 'n' roll has a lot of bottom in it.

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I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.

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A lot of songs I sang to crowds to get their reaction. That's how I knew they'd hit.

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Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock.

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Black people lived right by the railroad tracks, and the train would shake their houses at night. I would hear it as…

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I think people who don't believe in God are crazy. How can you say there is no God when you hear the…

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I decided to come back and teach goodness in this business. To teach love, because music is the universal language. We are…

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I came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - "Pennies from Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald,…

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I've never gotten money from most of those records. And I made those records: In the studio, they'd just give me a…

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I'm a conductor of revivals. The only minister in the whole package. Little Richard, the evangelist.

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I look back on my life, comin' out of Macon, Georgia - I never thought I'd be a superstar, a living legend. I never…

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I gave up rock 'n' roll for the rock of ages! I used to be a glaring homosexual until God changed me!

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I thank God for making me a man.

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No, I've never truly been a minister.

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A-bop-bop-a-loom-op-a-lop-bop-boom.

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I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.

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They shoulda called me Little Cocaine, I was sniffing so much of the stuff! My nose got big enough to back a diesel truck…

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I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.

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If at first you don't succeed, you get back up and you try ... and you try ... and you try it again ...…

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Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music.

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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.

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If I had my life to live over, I would want to be a man.

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