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.
CHUCK BERRYDon’t let the same dog bite you twice.
More Chuck Berry Quotes
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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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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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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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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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I think I see her, please let me off this bus. Nadine, honey, is that you?
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Rock is my child and my grandfather.
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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.
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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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It’s amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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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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Maybellene, why can’t you be true?
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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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They’re drinkin’ home brew from a wooden cup. The folks were dancin’ there got all shook up.
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