Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of our country stuff on our predominantly black audience and some of our black audience began whispering “who is that black hillbilly at the Cosmo?”
CHUCK BERRYSometime we’ll try and reach for things we know we each want and don’t deserve.
More Chuck Berry Quotes
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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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Prejudice doesn’t make me mad. It just – I guess ‘pisses me off’ is the word.
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Up come a flat top, he was movin’ up with me.
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I would sing the blues if I had the blues.
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Hail, hail rock and roll / Deliver me from the days of old.
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Don’t bother me, leave me alone. Anyway, I’m almost grown.
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There have been so many empires, kings are kinda going out of style.
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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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Back in the class room, open your books, keep up, the teacher don’t know how mean she looks.
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He could play the guitar just like ringing a bell.
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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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Sometime we’ll try and reach for things we know we each want and don’t deserve.
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Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive.
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I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn’t paint.
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They’re drinkin’ home brew from a wooden cup. The folks were dancin’ there got all shook up.
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