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.
CHUCK BERRYPrejudice doesn’t make me mad. It just – I guess ‘pisses me off’ is the word.
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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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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Actually I’m writing as best I can, in order to keep the momentum and the career there, but I want to live.
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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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You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.
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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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If 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.
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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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Hail, hail rock and roll / Deliver me from the days of old.
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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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It’s amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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I think I see her, please let me off this bus. Nadine, honey, is that you?
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Curiosity 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?”
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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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They’re drinkin’ home brew from a wooden cup. The folks were dancin’ there got all shook up.
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