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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. "

Little Richard

Words

Never

Money

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Banging

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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. "

" I would wear flamboyant clothes and long hair, and most singers at the time didn't. "

" And I think a woman should find it a joy to be female because God made both male and female. "

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