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" But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money. "
Little Richard
Today
Sell
Money
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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. "
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" I thank God for making me a man. "
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God
" I'm a conductor of revivals. The only minister in the whole package. Little Richard, the evangelist. "
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Package
Whole
" 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. "
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" When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues. "
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Rock
You
" Some situations you cause yourself. "
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Situations
You
" God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men. "
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Men
God
Us
" I let people know that it was all right to do the kinds of things I did. "
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People
Did
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" I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint. "
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Idea
" But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation. "
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Rock
Roll
" If I had my life to live over, I would want to be a man. "
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Want
" 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
Gay
People
Time
" But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud. "
Little Richard
Were
Singing
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" Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me. "
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Me
Company
Attention
" I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other. "
Little Richard
Love
Show
Us
" I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive. "
Little Richard
Think
Effeminate
You
" I was always my own person. "
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Always
Own
My Own
" 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. "
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People
Rock
Say
" And I think a woman should find it a joy to be female because God made both male and female. "
Little Richard
Joy
Woman
Because
" 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
Words
Never
Money
" Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul. "
Little Richard
Soul
Nobody
Greed
" I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano. "
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Old
Like
Banging
" 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. "
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Legacy
Rock
Business
" No, I've never truly been a minister. "
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Minister
Truly
Never
" I've never seen the devil create music. "
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Never
Music
Create
" I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names. "
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Me
Names
Kind
" I love God, and I'm a follower. "
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Follower
God
I Love
" 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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Me
Poverty
Success
" Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock. "
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Bass
Rock
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" I only wore makeup when I went onstage. "
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Only