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

People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.

Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock.

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.

But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.

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.