Chuck Berry Quotes

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Chuck Berry

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 18, 1926

The music played most around St. Louis was country-western and swing. Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of the country stuff on our predominantly black audience. After they laughed at me a few times, they began requesting the hillbilly stuff.

Chuck Berry

The first thing I heard was spiritual music, which was imbedded. The second thing I heard was swing. And shortly, along with that, I began to hear the blues. And then I began to hear Latin music. Each one left its mark.

Chuck Berry

What kind of shorts I wear has nothing to do with music.

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I have lots of ambition!

Chuck Berry

Listening to Nat Cole prompted me to sing sentimental songs with distinct diction.

Chuck Berry

The Man Upstairs is taking care of me.

Chuck Berry

I would sing the blues if I had the blues.

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I'm thankful for performing as long as I am allowed.

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I didn't connect with the kids. I was in the studio. I never saw the kids. I hoped they liked it, of course. And then I'd go write some more. And then I'd go buy me a home. Very American.

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Chuck Berry doesn't give interviews.

Chuck Berry

In the Fifties, there were certain places we couldn't ride on the bus, and now there is a possibility of a black man being in the White House. You have to feel good about it.

Chuck Berry

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.

Chuck Berry

A song is a song. But there are some songs, ah, some songs are the greatest. The Beatles song 'Yesterday.' Listen to the lyrics.

Chuck Berry

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.

Chuck Berry

I directed my music to the teen-agers. I was 30 years old when I did 'Maybellene.' My school days had long been over when I did 'School Day,' but I was thinking of them.

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Elvis' songs will always be there, and I hope mine will be after I'm gone.

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I think my interviews were much better than what some of the writers wrote. I just wanted the truth out.

Chuck Berry

I should have been a son of Einstein.

Chuck Berry

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.

Chuck Berry

The world has done nothing to me that I haven't done with the world.

Chuck Berry