All were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever.
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.
More Chuck Berry Quotes
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Rock is my child and my grandfather.
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All I want for Christmas is a rock n roll electric guitar.
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It’s amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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I would sing the blues if I had the blues.
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All in all it was my intention to hold both the black and the white clientele by voicing the different kinds of songs in their customary tongues.
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Everything I wrote about wasn’t about me, but about the people listening.
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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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Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.
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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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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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They’re drinkin’ home brew from a wooden cup. The folks were dancin’ there got all shook up.
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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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There have been so many empires, kings are kinda going out of style.
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Prejudice doesn’t make me mad. It just – I guess ‘pisses me off’ is the word.
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Don’t let the same dog bite you twice.
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