A song is a song. But there are some songs, ah, some songs are the greatest. The Beatles song Yesterday. Listen to the lyrics.
CHUCK BERRYIt 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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There have been so many empires, kings are kinda going out of style.
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If your playing basic music, its just rock.
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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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Rock is rock, and, rock and roll, rock is just short for rock and roll.
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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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He could play the guitar just like ringing a bell.
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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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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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Don’t bother me, leave me alone. Anyway, I’m almost grown.
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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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Hail, hail rock and roll / Deliver me from the days of old.
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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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It’s gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.
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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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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.
CHUCK BERRY