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
bedroom
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.
life
If I had my life to live over, I would want to be a man.
bunch dime good gotten miss money rhythm
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.
business
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.
flash kids music pan people roll
People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.
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.
names household hard
It's hard to have a friend when your name's a household word.
way poverty brighter-days
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.
light people darkness
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.
country country-love plus
Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music.
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.
music rocks age
I gave up rock 'n' roll for the rock of ages! I used to be a glaring homosexual until God changed me!