Quotes from Little Richard

God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men.

But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money.

I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.

My mother died, and I couldn't stand to look at her bedroom any more. I'd get sick. I've always been a momma's boy.

I think that a man should be caring.

I think my legacy should be that when I started in show business, there wasn't no such thing as rock n' roll. When I started with 'Tutti Frutti,' that's when rock really started rocking.

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

I only wore makeup when I went onstage.

I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business.

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.

But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money.

I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.

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.

Awop-bop-a-loo-mop alop-bam-boom!

I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband.

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.