My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents.
CHUCK BERRYAll 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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There have been so many empires, kings are kinda going out of style.
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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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Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.
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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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He could play the guitar just like ringing a bell.
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They’re drinkin’ home brew from a wooden cup. The folks were dancin’ there got all shook up.
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Up come a flat top, he was movin’ up with me.
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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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It’s amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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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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Praise doesn’t mean anything to me. I don’t judge myself.
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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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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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If your playing basic music, its just rock.
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Rock is rock, and, rock and roll, rock is just short for rock and roll.
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Hail, hail rock and roll / Deliver me from the days of old.
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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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I think I see her, please let me off this bus. Nadine, honey, is that you?
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Science and religion are both the same thing. They’re there; they’re life. If it’s not science, it’s not a fact.
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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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Don’t bother me, leave me alone. Anyway, I’m almost grown.
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Everything I wrote about wasn’t about me, but about the people listening.
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Maybellene, why can’t you be true?
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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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Prejudice doesn’t make me mad. It just – I guess ‘pisses me off’ is the word.
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