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I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.
Little Richard
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Little Richard
Age: 87 †
Born: 1932
Born: December 5
Died: 2020
Died: May 9
Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
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Macon
Georgia
Richard Wayne Penniman
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Richard Penniman
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I was directed and commanded by another power. The power of darkness. The power that you've heard so much about. The power that a lot of people don't believe exists. The power of the Devil. Satan.
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I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention.
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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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I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business.
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I let people know that it was all right to do the kinds of things I did.
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I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.
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I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man.
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I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.
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I got a girl named Bony Maronie, she's as skinny as a stick of macaroni.
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I just want the world to know that God is present, that he's alive for ever more.
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I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.
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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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No, I've never truly been a minister.
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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 heard of no rock and roll in my life.
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It's not the size of the ship it's the size of the waves.
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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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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.
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I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road.
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