Chuck Berry Quotes: top 59 famous quotes about Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry Quotes & Sayings

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Rock and roll came into my life when I was about 12, 13, when Little Richard and Chuck Berry had just started hitting the shores of England. — Joe Cocker

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

The blood of the guitar was Chuck Berry red. — Meat Loaf

When I first started playing guitar, everyone was playing Chuck Berry and B.B. King licks. I decided I was going to find other avenues of expression. — Robby Krieger

He never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play his guitar like he was ringing a bell. — Chuck Berry

Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news. — Chuck Berry

All in all it was my intention to hold both the black and the white clientele by voicing the different kinds of songs in their customary tongues. — Chuck Berry

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

Looking hard for a drive in, searching for a corner cafe, where the hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day, — Chuck Berry

I wouldn't warm to [Chuck Berry] even if I was cremated next to him. — Keith Richards

My influences were Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry. — Micky Dolenz

You didn't know whether Chuck Berry was black or white - it was not a concern. — Keith Richards

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. — Chuck Berry

Don't bother me, leave me alone. Anyway, I'm almost grown. — Chuck Berry

When I started, all I wanted to do was play like Chuck (Berry) — Keith Richards

There's only one true king of rock 'n' roll. His name is Chuck Berry. — Stevie Wonder

dont let the same dog bite you twice — Chuck Berry

Maybellene, why can't you be true? — Chuck Berry

My first guitar was a Gretsch 6120, and I just loved listening to artists like Elvis, Chuck Berry and Stray Cats. — Drake Bell

Could you imagine the way I felt, I couldn't unfasten her safety belt. All the way home I held a grudge, for the safety belt that wouldn't budge. — Chuck Berry

My favorite guitar players are Chuck Berry and Brian May and Dave Davies from the Kinks. — Brittany Howard

They're drinkin' home brew from a wooden cup. The folks were dancin' there got all shook up. — Chuck Berry

My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents. — Chuck Berry

I never liked blues and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry. — Johnny Ramone

He could play the guitar just like ringing a bell. — Chuck Berry

Rock is my child and my grandfather. — Chuck Berry

It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues ... It's called rock now. — Chuck Berry

My all-time favorite rock and roll players were Scotty Moore, Chuck Berry and Franny Beecher, and I listened to the country playing of Merle Travis. — Alvin Lee

Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be. — Chuck Berry

Back in the class room, open your books, keep up, the teacher don't know how mean she looks. — Chuck Berry

Hail, hail rock and roll / Deliver me from the days of old, — Chuck Berry

I'm a millionaire, but I cut the grass. And each time I cut it, it's my grass. And that is satisfying. — Chuck Berry

Up come a flat top, he was movin' up with me. — Chuck Berry

I think the world of Chuck Berry. — Robbie Robertson

singing the songs of the old masters. Fats Waller's 'Ain't That A Shame', Chuck Berry's — Chris Dolan

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

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'. — John Lennon

It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest. — Chuck Berry

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

Growing up, I never listened to English music. I was more into Motown, as well as early rock n' roll like Chuck Berry and Little Richard. — Alex Winston

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

If you're going to do Chuck Berry, you got to, you know, go all out, and the duck walk is just kind of you know, cursory. That's like standing. — Mos Def

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

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

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. — Chuck Berry

Back then, I, most rockers loved Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis ... you know in the '60s. — Joe Cocker

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

Not to be mean about it, but some great rock and rollers, like Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, are pretty one-dimensional. — Ian Anderson

Elvis may have fueled rock & roll's imagery, but Chuck Berry was its heartbeat and original mindset. — Cub Koda

My momma always said, 'You and Elvis are pretty good, but y'all ain't no Chuck Berry. — Jerry Lee Lewis

I would sing the blues if I had the blues. — Chuck Berry

All were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever. — Chuck Berry

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

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

My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling, won't you play with my ding-a-ling. — Chuck Berry

Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive — Chuck Berry

The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin. — Ernie Isley

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

It's gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me. — Chuck Berry