But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.
That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.
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.
A lot of songs I sang to crowds to get their reaction. That's how I knew they'd hit.
I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.
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.
And I think a woman should find it a joy to be female because God made both male and female.
I think that a man should be caring.
I'm a conductor of revivals. The only minister in the whole package. Little Richard, the evangelist.
I love God, and I'm a follower.
I thank God for making me a man.
I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention.
Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me.
We're gonna have some fun tonight.
But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.
I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano.
I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.
I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man.
I only wore makeup when I went onstage.
I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business.
To me, true rock 'n' roll has a lot of bottom in it.
Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music.
I came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - "Pennies from Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald, was all I heard.
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