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" I thank God for making me a man. "

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" I'm a conductor of revivals. The only minister in the whole package. Little Richard, the evangelist. "

" 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. "

" I'm very much a gentleman in what I do. "

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" I've never seen the devil create music. "

" Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me. "

" 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. "

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" I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names. "

" 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. "