Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two.
CHUCK BERRYYou know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.
More Chuck Berry Quotes
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All were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever.
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Music is music and I think music people are the delivers, the actors, when they put their music out they want to insert their character in it. So they call it such and such so you know how they live so to speak.
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Science and religion are both the same thing. They’re there; they’re life. If it’s not science, it’s not a fact.
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It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues…It’s called rock now.
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My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents.
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A contract is an ask game, and if it asks for an hour, and I submit to an hour, then it’s an hour. When I look at a contract, I look at the obligation – where, when, how long, the compensation. If I agree to it, that’s the way it is. I have an obligation. They have an obligation.
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I would sing the blues if I had the blues.
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You don’t just go to the studio and say, ‘I’m going to write a hit.’ It becomes a hit when people like your compositions.
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You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.
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If the people in the audience are talking, you’re being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you’ve got something they want to hear.
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Prejudice doesn’t make me mad. It just – I guess ‘pisses me off’ is the word.
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Actually I’m writing as best I can, in order to keep the momentum and the career there, but I want to live.
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Looking hard for a drive in, searching for a corner cafe, where the hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day.
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Rock is rock, and, rock and roll, rock is just short for rock and roll.
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It’s amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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