Rock ‘n’ roll accepted me and paid me, even though I loved the big bands I went that way because I wanted a home of my own. I had a family. I had to raise them. Let’s don’t leave out the economics. No way.
CHUCK BERRYOf the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two.
More Chuck Berry Quotes
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It’s gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.
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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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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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I would sing the blues if I had the blues.
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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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You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.
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I think I see her, please let me off this bus. Nadine, honey, is that you?
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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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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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All I want for Christmas is a rock n roll electric guitar.
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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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Back in the class room, open your books, keep up, the teacher don’t know how mean she looks.
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Prejudice doesn’t make me mad. It just – I guess ‘pisses me off’ is the word.
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