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
uncles aunt long
I saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally, he saw Aunt Mary coming and he ducked back in the alley.
devil
I've never seen the devil create music.
hate ice trying
If at first you don't succeed, you get back up and you try ... and you try ... and you try it again ... except ice skating, I hate this crap, I quit!
believe people darkness
I was directed and commanded by another power. The power of darkness ... that a lot of people don't believe exists. The power of the Devil. Satan.
people heaven pennies
I came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - "Pennies from Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald, was all I heard.
fun expression tonight
We're gonna have some fun tonight.
rocks rock-n-roll tempo
That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.
girl skinny sticks
I got a girl named Bony Maronie, she's as skinny as a stick of macaroni.
doors thank-god lord
I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road....
mean thinking expression
I think they saw me as something like a deliverer, a way out. My means of expression, my music, was a way in which a lot of people wished they could express themselves and couldn't.
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.
world want alive
I just want the world to know that God is present, that he's alive for ever more.
men wanted felt
I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man.
piano good-times banging
I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano.