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?”
CHUCK BERRYCould 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.
More Chuck Berry Quotes
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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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You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.
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If your playing basic music, its just rock.
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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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All I want for Christmas is a rock n roll electric guitar.
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Hail, hail rock and roll / Deliver me from the days of old.
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Rock is my child and my grandfather.
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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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Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.
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My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents.
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It’s amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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There have been so many empires, kings are kinda going out of style.
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I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn’t paint.
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Everything I wrote about wasn’t about me, but about the people listening.
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Praise doesn’t mean anything to me. I don’t judge myself.
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