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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.

Chuck Berry

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 BERRY

Audience Black Curiosity Ourselves
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.
CHUCK BERRY

Education Forget Health Important Knowledge Life Myself
They’re drinkin’ home brew from a wooden cup. The folks were dancin’ there got all shook up.
CHUCK BERRY

Cup Dance Drink
Looking hard for a drive in, searching for a corner cafe, where the hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day.
CHUCK BERRY

Cafe Day Drive Hard Night Search
Music is music; you can’t change rock and say well this is punk rock and this is acid rock or rockabilly.
CHUCK BERRY

Change Music Rock Yourself
I’m a millionaire, but I cut the grass. And each time I cut it, it’s my grass. And that is satisfying.
CHUCK BERRY

Myself Satisfaction Time
Don’t let the same dog bite you twice.
CHUCK BERRY

Bite Dog Yourself
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.
CHUCK BERRY

Explanation Guitar Myself People Style
You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.
CHUCK BERRY

Ear Record Sing Song Yourself
He could play the guitar just like ringing a bell.
CHUCK BERRY

Easy Guitar Himself Ring
I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn’t paint.
CHUCK BERRY

Artist Growth Music Myself Paint Photograph Thinking
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 BERRY

Audience Ignorance People Talk Yourself
There have been so many empires, kings are kinda going out of style.
CHUCK BERRY

Empire Kingdom Style
Back in the class room, open your books, keep up, the teacher don’t know how mean she looks.
CHUCK BERRY

Class Herself Room Teacher
Don’t bother me, leave me alone. Anyway, I’m almost grown.
CHUCK BERRY

Alone Growth Leaving Myself
He never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play his guitar like he was ringing a bell.
CHUCK BERRY

Himself Learning Play Reading Writing

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