Rock is my child and my grandfather.
CHUCK BERRYBack in the class room, open your books, keep up, the teacher don’t know how mean she looks.
More Chuck Berry Quotes
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Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.
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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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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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Maybellene, why can’t you be true?
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Don’t let the same dog bite you twice.
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It’s amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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Everything I wrote about wasn’t about me, but about the people listening.
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Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of our country stuff on our predominantly black audience and some of our black audience began whispering “who is that black hillbilly at the Cosmo?”
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Don’t bother me, leave me alone. Anyway, I’m almost grown.
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You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.
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Prejudice doesn’t make me mad. It just – I guess ‘pisses me off’ is the word.
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All I want for Christmas is a rock n roll electric guitar.
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Rock is rock, and, rock and roll, rock is just short for rock and roll.
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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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If the people in the audience are talking, you’re being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you’ve got something they want to hear.
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