He never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play his guitar like he was ringing a bell.
CHUCK BERRYMusic is music; you can’t change rock and say well this is punk rock and this is acid rock or rockabilly.
More Chuck Berry Quotes
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Rock is my child and my grandfather.
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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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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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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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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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It’s gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.
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Maybellene, why can’t you be true?
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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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Don’t let the same dog bite you twice.
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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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Rock is rock, and, rock and roll, rock is just short for rock and roll.
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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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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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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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Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.
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