Chuck Berry Quotes

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Chuck Berry

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 18, 1926

In a way, I feel it might be ill-mannered to try and top myself. The music I play is a ritual. Something that matters to people in a special way. I wouldn't want to interfere with that.

Chuck Berry

People said I was king, but I was never king, and I say I'm the prime minister.

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I've written songs on everything. Menus. Napkins. Little pieces of paper.

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I eat meat daily. I'm not Jewish. I'm not Arabic. What's the kind of person that doesn't eat meat? That's right - I'm not a vegetarian.

Chuck Berry

Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening.

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Maybe it is true what they say, that playing these Chuck Berry songs is easy. But try singing them. The words come out hard, like bullets.

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Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather.

Chuck Berry

If I wasn't a musician, I'd take up the law. They are the rottenest, wealthiest people in America.

Chuck Berry

The Rolling Stones... The Rolling Stones have a reflection to my music; I wouldn't deny it. I think that's honest.

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Praise doesn't mean anything to me. I don't judge myself.

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You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.

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If you're going to be mad, at least let the people know what you're mad about.

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The media dresses things up. There's a lot of inaccuracy.

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