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
architect believe people
A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don't call myself that, but I believe it's true.
being-strong mother strong-women
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.
bops explanation
A-bop-bop-a-loom-op-a-lop-bop-boom.
fame reason fortune
I got fame and fortune, and I lost my sense of reasoning.
size ships wave
It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves.
ministers
No, I've never truly been a minister.
followers god-love i-love-god
I love God, and I'm a follower.
makeup
I only wore makeup when I went onstage.
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.
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.
ems bops dishes
I was washing dishes at the Greyhound bus station at the time and I said, 'Awap bop a lup bop a wop bam boom, take 'em out!'
noses littles stuff
They shoulda called me Little Cocaine, I was sniffing so much of the stuff! My nose got big enough to back a diesel truck in, unload it, and drive it right out again.