121 Quotes by Little Richard

My true belief about Rock 'n' Roll--and there have been a lot of phrases attributed to me over the years--is this: I believe this kind of music is demonic. ... A lot of the beats in music today are taken from voodoo, from the voodoo drums. If you study music in rhythms, like I have, you'll see that is true. I believe that kind of music is driving people from Christ. It is contagious

I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.

I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll!

God would be a very selfish god if he gave all the soul to one race. ... When one sings from the heart and it reaches another heart, that's soul.

A-bop-bop-a-loom-op-a-lop-bop-boom.

To me, true rock ‘n’ roll has a lot of bottom in it.

I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock ‘n’ roll!

I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road...

A lot of songs I sang to crowds to get their reaction. That’s how I knew they’d hit.