American - Musician | October 18, 1926 - March 18, 2017
Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening.
Chuck Berry
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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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Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather.
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You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.
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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 '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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Praise doesn't mean anything to me. I don't judge myself.
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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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My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents.
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A song is a song. But there are some songs, ah, some songs are the greatest. The Beatles song 'Yesterday.' Listen to the lyrics.
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Science and religion are both the same thing. They're there; they're life. If it's not science, it's not a fact.
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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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