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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.
Little Richard
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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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That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.
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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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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've never seen the devil create music.
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