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.
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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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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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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I would sing the blues if I had the blues.
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If your playing basic music, its just rock.
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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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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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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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Praise doesn’t mean anything to me. I don’t judge myself.
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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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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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Prejudice doesn’t make me mad. It just – I guess ‘pisses me off’ is the word.
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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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It’s amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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I think I see her, please let me off this bus. Nadine, honey, is that you?
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He never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play his guitar like he was ringing a bell.
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