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15 quotes by Chuck Berry

Play media Chuck Berry, You can't catch me, 1956. Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with...
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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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It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.

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Don't let the same dog bite you twice.

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If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you've got something they want to hear.

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

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

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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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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... →

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Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two.

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

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