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Little Richard
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Little Richard
Age: 87 †
Born: 1932
Born: December 5
Died: 2020
Died: May 9
Musician
Pianist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Macon
Georgia
Richard Wayne Penniman
Richard
Richard Penniman
Tonight
Gonna
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Fun
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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 was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention.
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But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.
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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've never seen the devil create music.
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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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