Quotes By Little Richard

I let people know that it was all right to do the kinds of things I did.

I did what I felt, and I felt what I did, at all costs.

It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me.

Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul.

No, I've never truly been a minister.

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.

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

God is omnipotent, He is omniscient, and He is ever present.

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 don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.

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.

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

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.

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

I love God, and I'm a follower.

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.

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

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

I'm here to sing.

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

I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.

But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money.

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

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?

I think that a man should be caring.

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

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

Some situations you cause yourself.

And I don't get down on nobody else for doing whatever else they do. To each his own.

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