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.
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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Sometime we’ll try and reach for things we know we each want and don’t deserve.
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Rock is rock, and, rock and roll, rock is just short for rock and roll.
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Everything I wrote about wasn’t about me, but about the people listening.
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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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Don’t bother me, leave me alone. Anyway, I’m almost grown.
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A 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.
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I have so many entities now as grow older you gain responsibilities, you know, real estate, and I like video, and you know I want to live a little you know, because time is passing, its not as long as it has been.
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Don’t let the same dog bite you twice.
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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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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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Prejudice doesn’t make me mad. It just – I guess ‘pisses me off’ is the word.
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Praise doesn’t mean anything to me. I don’t judge myself.
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It’s gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.
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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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Music is music; you can’t change rock and say well this is punk rock and this is acid rock or rockabilly.
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