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.

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• Little Richard:

  God is omnipotent, He is omniscient, and He is ever present.

• Little Richard:

  Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul.

• Little Richard:

  I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano.

• Little Richard:

  I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other.

• Little Richard:

  I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man.

• Little Richard:

  I did what I felt, and I felt what I did, at all costs.

• Little Richard:

  I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.

• Little Richard:

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

• Little Richard:

  I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.

• Little Richard:

  I just want the world to know that God is present, that he's alive for ever more.