Great Quotes About Little Richard

Etta James : "He was the biggest of them all. And he knew it...he wanted everyone to call him King Richard."

Paul McCartney: "I love his voice and I always wanted to sing like him."

Mick Jagger: "Little Richard is the originator and my first idol."

Jimi Hendrix: "I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard does with his voice."


Smokey Robinson: "Little Richard is the beginning of rock and roll."

Rod Stewart: "The first rock and roll record I listen to was The Girl Can't Help It by Little Richard."

Paul Simon: "When I was in high school I wanted to be like Little Richard."

Keith Richards: "The most exciting moment of my life was appearing on the same stage as Little Richard."

Elton John: "Little Richard's records were the best rock and roll records."

Michael Jackson: "James Brown, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry and Little Richard - I think they had strong influences on a lot of people."

Quincy Jones: "Little Richard was not only a giant but a pioneer of the so-called rock and roll music industry."

David Bowie: "After hearing Little Richard on record, I bought a saxophone and came into the music business. Little Richard was my inspiration."

Wilson Pickett: "Little Richard is the architect of rock and roll."

Pat Boone: "No one has been imitated more than Little Richard."

Little Richard Quotes

"I never thought I'd be a superstar, a living legend. I never heard of no rock and roll in my life."

"Elvis may be the king of rock and roll, but I am the queen."

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

"I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength."

"Rock and roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt."




"A lot of people call me the architect of rock and roll. I don't call myself that, but I believe it's true."

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

"He was an integrator, Elvis was a blessing. They wouldn't let black music through. He opened the door for black music."

"I gave the Beatles their first tour - I took them to Hamburg before they ever made a record. I gave Mick Jagger his first tour in this country. James Brown was with me. I put Joe Tex in business."

"The grass may be greener on the other side but it's just as hard to cut."

"It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves."

James Brown Quotes

"The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing."

"I want to say to you, help yourself, so you can help someone else."

"I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know."

"I've been knocked down a lot of times."

"Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all."


(About Elvis Presley) "I wasn't just a fan, I was his brother. He said I was good and I said he was good; we never argued about that."

"Disco is James Brown, hip-hop is James Brown, rap is James Brown; you know what I'm saying? You hear all the rappers, 90% of their music is me."

"Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that."

"It doesn't matter how you travel it, It's the same road. It doesn't get any easier when you get bigger, It gets harder. And it will kill you if you let it."

"Sometimes, you like to let the hair do the talking."

"I don't really care what people think. I just do my own thing, I like being loud and letting people know I'm there."

Michael Jackson Quotes

"I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am."

"Me and Janet really are two different people."

"The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music."

"Before you judge me, try hard to love me."

"Know what I also love? Mannequins. I guess I want to bring them to life. I like to imagine talking to them."

"I have no problem with imitating. It's a compliment. Everybody has to start out looking up to somebody. For me it was James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr., Jackie Wilson, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly."

"Most people don't know me, that is why they write such things in which most is not true. I cry very very often because it hurts and I worry about the children, all my children all over the world. I live for them."

"People who grew up as child stars have the same thing in common. You're cute, they love you; you go through the awkward stage, they don't accept you any more. Very few make the transition to adult star."

"I put a lot of mannequins in my room in the past, and I still have mannequins in my room, because I used to be very lonely, painfully lonely."

"There's a Mother's day and a Father's day, but there's no children's day. It would mean a lot. World peace."

"I'll always be Peter Pan in my heart."

David Lee Roth Quotes

"Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it."

"The only thing I'm allergic to is criticism."

"Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello."

"The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot."


"You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound."

" When large groups of people get together, their collective temperature goes up and their collective I.Q. goes down."

"Van Halen's up for a Grammy and half of us can't even spell it."

(About Sammy Hagar) "Sam throws a party. I am the party."

"Any kind of rock music is what I call high velocity folk music."

"We're not trying to save the world, that's U2's job."

"I change as the times change. I'm a reflection of what's around me without trying at all."

"It don't matter what your doing, just as long as you look good doing it."

"I know the world doesn't revolve around Dave, but i like to think so."

"There's only one David Lee. I'm the fun in Van Halen, always will be."