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.
CHUCK BERRYMaybellene, why can’t you be true?
More Chuck Berry Quotes
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There have been so many empires, kings are kinda going out of style.
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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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It’s amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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Maybellene, why can’t you be true?
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Don’t let the same dog bite you twice.
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Could you imagine the way I felt, I couldn’t unfasten her safety belt. All the way home I held a grudge, for the safety belt that wouldn’t budge.
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Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.
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Don’t bother me, leave me alone. Anyway, I’m almost grown.
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Prejudice doesn’t make me mad. It just – I guess ‘pisses me off’ is the word.
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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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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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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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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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They’re drinkin’ home brew from a wooden cup. The folks were dancin’ there got all shook up.
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Up come a flat top, he was movin’ up with me.
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