I love God, and I'm a follower.
Little Richard

I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.
Little Richard

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

I only wore makeup when I went onstage.
Little Richard

I thank God for making me a man.
Little Richard

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.
Little Richard

I think people who don't believe in God are crazy. How can you say there is no God when you hear the birds singing these beautiful songs you didn't make?
Little Richard

I think that a man should be caring.
Little Richard

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.
Little Richard

I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business.
Little Richard

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.
Little Richard

I was always my own person.
Little Richard

I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention.
Little Richard

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

I'm here to sing.
Little Richard

I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.
Little Richard

I've never seen the devil create music.
Little Richard

If I had my life to live over, I would want to be a man.
Little Richard

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.
Little Richard

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