Hail, hail rock and roll / Deliver me from the days of old.
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.
More Chuck Berry Quotes
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It’s gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.
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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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Prejudice doesn’t make me mad. It just – I guess ‘pisses me off’ is the word.
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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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Rock ‘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.
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Everything I wrote about wasn’t about me, but about the people listening.
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You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.
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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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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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Don’t bother me, leave me alone. Anyway, I’m almost grown.
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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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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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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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I think I see her, please let me off this bus. Nadine, honey, is that you?
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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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