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.
CHUCK BERRYYou 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.
CHUCK BERRYCuriosity 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.
CHUCK BERRYAll I want for Christmas is a rock n roll electric guitar.
CHUCK BERRYI grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn’t paint.
CHUCK BERRYMusic is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive.
CHUCK BERRYI would sing the blues if I had the blues.
CHUCK BERRYIt’s amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
CHUCK BERRYLooking hard for a drive in, searching for a corner cafe, where the hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day.
CHUCK BERRYThere have been so many empires, kings are kinda going out of style.
CHUCK BERRYDescribe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.
CHUCK BERRYIf 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 BERRYEverything I wrote about wasn’t about me, but about the people listening.
CHUCK BERRYMaybellene, why can’t you be true?
CHUCK BERRYBack in the class room, open your books, keep up, the teacher don’t know how mean she looks.
CHUCK BERRYA 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.
CHUCK BERRY