Little Richard Quotes - Page 3

But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.

That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.

I think they saw me as something like a deliverer, a way out. My means of expression, my music, was a way in which a lot of people wished they could express themselves and couldn't.

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

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

But when I went on the stage to do a show, I would put on makeup because I felt that it enhanced my act; it drew attention to what I was doing.

And I think a woman should find it a joy to be female because God made both male and female.

I think that a man should be caring.

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

I love God, and I'm a follower.

I thank God for making me a man.

I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention.

Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me.

We're gonna have some fun tonight.

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

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

I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.

I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man.

I only wore makeup when I went onstage.

I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business.

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

Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music.

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.