“A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don’t call myself that, but I believe it’s true.”

I think that in every single Little Richard interview that I’ve watched, he’s felt the need to assert that he “did it first.” Which is true, but you can tell that he’s so incredibly vexed by the acclaim that the musicians following him have gotten. It’s interesting to me, because he renounced rock and roll so many times, saying that it was “of the devil.”

(I believe this photo was taken around the time that Little Richard was selling the Black Heritage Bible)

Basically, I’m really into Little Richard.

Watch him speak on the topic of Jimi Hendrix: