Little Richard Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“I think they saw me as something like a deliverer, a way out. My means of expression, my music, was a way in which a lot of people wished they could express themselves and couldn't.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“If I had my life to live over, I would want to be a man.”

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

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

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

“I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano.”

“I only wore makeup when I went onstage.”