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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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Little Richard
Age: 87 †
Born: 1932
Born: December 5
Died: 2020
Died: May 9
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Macon
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Richard Wayne Penniman
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I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.
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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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And I think a woman should find it a joy to be female because God made both male and female.
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I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.
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If at first you don't succeed, you get back up and you try ... and you try ... and you try it again ... except ice skating, I hate this crap, I quit!
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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 thank God for making me a man.
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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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It's not the size of the ship it's the size of the waves.
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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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And I don't get down on nobody else for doing whatever else they do. To each his own.
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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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God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men.
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But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.
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We're gonna have some fun tonight.
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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.
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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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I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.
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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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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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