American - Musician | December 5, 1932 -
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
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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.
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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?
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But when I went on the stage to do a show, I would put on makeup because I felt that it enhanced my act; it drew attention to what I was doing.
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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.
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God is omnipotent, He is omniscient, and He is ever present.
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And I don't get down on nobody else for doing whatever else they do. To each his own.
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But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.
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I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.
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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.
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Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music.
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But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.
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