Up come a flat top, he was movin’ up with me.
CHUCK BERRYRock ‘n’ roll accepted me and paid me, even though I loved the big bands I went that way because I wanted a home of my own. I had a family. I had to raise them. Let’s don’t leave out the economics. No way.
More Chuck Berry Quotes
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Rock is rock, and, rock and roll, rock is just short for rock and roll.
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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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Hail, hail rock and roll / Deliver me from the days of old.
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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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Praise doesn’t mean anything to me. I don’t judge myself.
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I think I see her, please let me off this bus. Nadine, honey, is that you?
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All in all it was my intention to hold both the black and the white clientele by voicing the different kinds of songs in their customary tongues.
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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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It’s gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.
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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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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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Back in the class room, open your books, keep up, the teacher don’t know how mean she looks.
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You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.
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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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