But men are so full of greed today, they’ll sell anything for a little piece of money. – Little Richard
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. – Little Richard
And I don’t get down on nobody else for doing whatever else they do. To each his own. – Little Richard
Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that’s not what I call rock. – Little Richard
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. – Little Richard
I think people who don’t believe in God are crazy. How can you say there is no God when you hear the birds singing these beautiful songs you didn’t make? – Little Richard
I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to condemn or control or criticize. – Little Richard
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. – Little Richard
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. – Little Richard
I’ve never gotten money from most of those records. And I made those records: In the studio, they’d just give me a bunch of words, I’d make up a song! The rhythm and everything. ‘Good Golly Miss Molly’! And I didn’t get a dime for it. – Little Richard