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The music played most around ...

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 55 quotes

That's the misconceptions tha...

That's the misconceptions that people have, that Chuck Berry went to jail. They're just totally wrong. It might have said something in the large papers in the bigger city headlines and things. But, you take a look at any of the local papers, and you will see that I was acquitted. I never went to jail.

Chuck Berry 55 quotes

Science and religion are both...

Science and religion are both the same thing. They're there; they're life. If it's not science, it's not a fact.

Chuck Berry 55 quotes

Chuck Berry doesn't give inte...

Chuck Berry doesn't give interviews.

Chuck Berry 55 quotes

You know, your ears record. Y...

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

Chuck Berry 55 quotes

I wanted to play blues. But I...

I wanted to play blues. But I wasn't blue enough. I wasn't like Muddy Waters, people who really had it hard. In our house, we had food on the table. We were doing well compared to many. So I concentrated on this fun and frolic, these novelties.

Chuck Berry 55 quotes

I just feel I got my inspirat...

I just feel I got my inspiration, education and all from others that came before me. And I added my... I don't even know if I added anything. I played what they played, and it sounded different, I guess.

Chuck Berry 55 quotes

Music is science. Everything ...

Music is science. Everything is science. Because science is truth.

Chuck Berry 55 quotes

The Rolling Stones... The Rol...

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

Chuck Berry 55 quotes

You don't just go to the stud...

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 55 quotes

The Big Band Era is my era. P...

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 Berry 55 quotes

Remember that my view, the on...

Remember that my view, the only true view I can see with, is through the black eyes that I have.

Chuck Berry 55 quotes

I grew up thinking art was pi...

I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.

Chuck Berry 55 quotes

Rock 'n' roll accepted me and...

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 55 quotes

If you're going to be mad, at...

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

Chuck Berry 55 quotes

A contract is an ask game, an...

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 55 quotes

I have so many entities now a...

I have so many entities now as grow older you gain responsibilities, you know, real estate, and I like video, and you know I want to live a little you know, because time is passing, its not as long as it has been.

Chuck Berry 55 quotes

I think I see her, please let...

I think I see her, please let me off this bus. Nadine, honey, is that you?

Chuck Berry 55 quotes

Prejudice doesn't make me mad...

Prejudice doesn't make me mad. It just - I guess 'pisses me off' is the word.

Chuck Berry 55 quotes

A song is a song. But there a...

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 55 quotes

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