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Little Richard sadly passed away on 9th May 2020.
He was a founding father of Rock and Roll who touched the lives of millions across the world through his music and attitude. As a tribute to him, here are 15 of our best Little Richard Quotes.
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And I’d like to give my love to everybody, and let them know that the grass may look greener on the other side, but believe me, it’s just as hard to cut.
Little Richard
I don’t think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.
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
Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.
Little Richard
I did what I felt, and I felt what I did, at all costs.
Little Richard
I let people know that it was all right to do the kinds of things I did.
Little Richard
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.
Little Richard
I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.
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 was always my own person.
Little Richard
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.
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
A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don’t call myself that, but I believe it’s true.
Little Richard
I don’t think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.
Little Richard
I also think that what’s wrong with all of us is that we don’t show enough love toward each other.
Little Richard