American - Musician | October 18, 1926 - March 18, 2017
If you want to release your aggression, get up and dance. That's what rock and roll is all about.
Chuck Berry
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I'm thankful for each and every day. We never know when time is up.
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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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In a Toyota, the cops don't think about stopping you so much.
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It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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I always want to play the songs that people want to hear.
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Music should be made to make people forget their problems, if only for a short while.
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The Man Upstairs is taking care of me.
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I made records for people who would buy them. No color, no ethnic, no political - I don't want that, never did.
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Charlie Christian played amplified guitar with Benny Goodman's quartet. He was the greatest guitar player that ever was. But he never looked up from the guitar. But I put a little dance to it. They appreciate seein' something along with hearin' something.
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I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.
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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.
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