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Little Richard: I Am Everything

What it was is to be Black and to work for white girls, I had to look that way

What it was is to be Black and to work for white girls, I had to look that way

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What it was is to be Black
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and to work for white girls,
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I had to look that way.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:12
Uploaded
Apr 19, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Bungalow Media + Entertainment,CNN Films,Rolling Stone Films

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Movie Summary

The life and career of Little Richard, the one-of-a-kind rock 'n' roll icon who shaped the world of music.
If I didn't wear makeup and look effeminate, - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
If I didn't wear makeup and look effeminate,
- Ain't nothing to him. - Both: [laughing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
- Ain't nothing to him. - Both: [laughing]
Snyder: [laughs] - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:13
Snyder: [laughs]
I said, "Richard, aren't you afraid of, uh... - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:05
I said, "Richard, aren't you afraid of, uh...
People thinking that you're different?" - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:12
People thinking that you're different?"
Man: That two-beat pattern - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:10
Man: That two-beat pattern
A means by which the white man and his children - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:08
A means by which the white man and his children
"That red boy gonna come to town singing that Black music - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
"That red boy gonna come to town singing that Black mus...
This is a radical, radical time. - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
This is a radical, radical time.
[pensive music playing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
[pensive music playing]
Nyong'o: So what's revolutionary - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:16
Nyong'o: So what's revolutionary
Hendryx: I remember doing shows - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
Hendryx: I remember doing shows
You were driving a lot at night - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:13
You were driving a lot at night
Being run out of restaurants at gunpoint - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
Being run out of restaurants at gunpoint
Little Richard: I had the police take me off stage - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
Little Richard: I had the police take me off stage
They said, "You're singing nigger music to white kids." - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:14
They said, "You're singing nigger music to white k...
This is before the height of the civil rights movement - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
This is before the height of the civil rights movement
They are concerned that the old order of the day, - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:11
They are concerned that the old order of the day,
♪ If she walks by the men folks get engrossed ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
♪ If she walks by the men folks get engrossed ♪
The Girl Can't Help It was the very first time - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
The Girl Can't Help It was the very first time