Little Richard

“I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to condemn or control or criticize.”

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

“And I'd like to give my love to everybody, and let them know that the grass may look greener on the other side, but believe me, it's just as hard to cut.”

“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.”

“I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other.”

“I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband.”

“I've never gotten money from most of those records. And I made those records: In the studio, they'd just give me a bunch of words, I'd make up a song! The rhythm and everything. 'Good Golly Miss Molly'! And I didn't get a dime for it.”

“I would wear flamboyant clothes and long hair, and most singers at the time didn't.”

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

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

“A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don't call myself that, but I believe it's true.”

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

“I think that a man should be caring.”

“I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.”

“I think people who don't believe in God are crazy. How can you say there is no God when you hear the birds singing these beautiful songs you didn't make?”

“Some situations you cause yourself.”

“I only wore makeup when I went onstage.”

“Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.”

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

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