Little Richard
Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman, known by his stage name, Little Richard, is an American musician, singer and songwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth5 December 1932
CityMacon, GA
CountryUnited States of America
caring thinking men
I think that a man should be caring.
followers god-love i-love-god
I love God, and I'm a follower.
piano good-times banging
I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano.
rocks rock-n-roll fans
I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.
creating giving devil
I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.
hypnosis looks shows
I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business.
makeup
I only wore makeup when I went onstage.
love-is bouquets language
I decided to come back and teach goodness in this business. To teach love, because music is the universal language. We are God's bouquet, and through music we become one.
rocks rock-n-roll bottom
To me, true rock 'n' roll has a lot of bottom in it.
gentleman
I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.
happy-friday ideas patterns
I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.
song boys night
Black people lived right by the railroad tracks, and the train would shake their houses at night. I would hear it as a boy, and I thought: I'm gonna make a song that sounds like that.
rock-and-roll rocks looks
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.
sister brother children
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.