Little Richard Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked.”
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“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.”
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“Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul.”
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“God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men.”
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“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.”
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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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“My true belief about Rock 'n' Roll--and there have been a lot of phrases attributed to me over the years--is this: I believe this kind of music is demonic. ... A lot of the beats in music today are taken from voodoo, from the voodoo drums. If you study music in rhythms, like I have, you'll see that is true. I believe that kind of music is driving people from Christ. It is contagious”
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“Elvis was God-given, there's no other explanation. A Messiah comes around every few thousand years, and Elvis was it this time.”
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“I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.”
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“People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.”
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“But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money.”
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“Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.”
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“I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll!”
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“God is omnipotent, He is omniscient, and He is ever present.”
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“But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.”
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“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.”
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“But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.”
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“I was washing dishes at the Greyhound bus station at the time and I said, 'Awap bop a lup bop a wop bam boom, take 'em out!'”
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“I was directed and commanded by another power. The power of darkness ... that a lot of people don't believe exists. The power of the Devil. Satan.”
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“It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves.”
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“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 was one of the pioneers of that music, one of the builders. I know what the blocks are made of because I built them.”
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“I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.”
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“Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children.”
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“I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention.”
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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 in, unload it, and drive it right out again.”
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“I got fame and fortune, and I lost my sense of reasoning.”
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