Prejudice doesn’t make me mad. It just – I guess ‘pisses me off’ is the word.
CHUCK BERRYAll were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever.
More Chuck Berry Quotes
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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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A song is a song. But there are some songs, ah, some songs are the greatest. The Beatles song Yesterday. Listen to the lyrics.
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It’s amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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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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Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.
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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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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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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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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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I would sing the blues if I had the blues.
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There have been so many empires, kings are kinda going out of style.
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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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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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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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Don’t bother me, leave me alone. Anyway, I’m almost grown.
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