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" I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business. "
Little Richard
Show
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" Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul. "
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" Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen. "
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" Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock. "
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" I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention. "
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" 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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" Some situations you cause yourself. "
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" I'm here to sing. "
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" But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud. "
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" 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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" I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other. "
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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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Grass
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" But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation. "
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" 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. "
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" I think that a man should be caring. "
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I Think
Man
" I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband. "
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Women
Mother
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" A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don't call myself that, but I believe it's true. "
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Me
People
" God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men. "
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Men
God
Us
" 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
" To me, true rock 'n' roll has a lot of bottom in it. "
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Rock
Me
" No, I've never truly been a minister. "
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Truly
Never
" I love God, and I'm a follower. "
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God
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" It's hard to have a friend when your name's a household word. "
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Word
Name
" And I think a woman should find it a joy to be female because God made both male and female. "
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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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Get
Down
Doing
" If I had my life to live over, I would want to be a man. "
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Life
My Life
Want
" 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 don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength. "
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" I thank God for making me a man. "
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God
" Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music. "
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Music
Country