I look back on my life, comin' out of Macon, Georgia - I never thought I'd be a superstar, a living legend. I never heard of no rock and roll in my life.

I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.

I was washing dishes at the Greyhound bus station at the time and I said, 'Awap bop a lup bop a wop bam boom, take 'em out!'

I only wore makeup when I went onstage.

I'm a conductor of revivals. The only minister in the whole package. Little Richard, the evangelist.

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

I think that a man should be caring.