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.
CHUCK BERRYHe never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play his guitar like he was ringing a bell.
More Chuck Berry Quotes
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Up come a flat top, he was movin’ up with me.
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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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There have been so many empires, kings are kinda going out of style.
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I have so many entities now as grow older you gain responsibilities, you know, real estate, and I like video, and you know I want to live a little you know, because time is passing, its not as long as it has been.
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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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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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Don’t bother me, leave me alone. Anyway, I’m almost grown.
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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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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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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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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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Back in the class room, open your books, keep up, the teacher don’t know how mean she looks.
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Everything I wrote about wasn’t about me, but about the people listening.
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If your playing basic music, its just rock.
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It’s amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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