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.
CHUCK BERRYRock is my child and my grandfather.
More Chuck Berry Quotes
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Music is music; you can’t change rock and say well this is punk rock and this is acid rock or rockabilly.
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Praise doesn’t mean anything to me. I don’t judge myself.
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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.
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There have been so many empires, kings are kinda going out of style.
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Hail, hail rock and roll / Deliver me from the days of old.
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I’m a millionaire, but I cut the grass. And each time I cut it, it’s my grass. And that is satisfying.
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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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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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Don’t let the same dog bite you twice.
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The Big Band Era is my era. People say, ‘Where did you get your style from?’ I did the Big Band Era on guitar. That’s the best way I could explain it.
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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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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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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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All I want for Christmas is a rock n roll electric guitar.
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Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.
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