People said I was king, but I was never king, and I say I'm the prime minister. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
People don't want to see 17 pieces in neckties. They wanna see some jeans, some gettin' down, and some wigglin'. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
Music should be made to make people forget their problems, if only for a short while. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
I made records for people who would buy them. No color, no ethnic, no political - I don't want that, never did. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
If you're going to be mad, at least let the people know what you're mad about. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
If I wasn't a musician, I'd take up the law. They are the rottenest, wealthiest people in America. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you've got something they… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
You don't just go to the studio and say, 'I'm going to write a hit.' It becomes a hit when people like… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
The Big Band Era is my era. People say, 'Where did you get your style from?' I did the Big Band Era… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
Music is music and I think music people are the delivers, the actors, when they put their music out they want to… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
It amazes me when I hear people say, 'I want to go out and find out who I am.' I always knew… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
That's the misconceptions that people have, that Chuck Berry went to jail. They're just totally wrong. It might have said something in… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
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… — Chuck Berry Copy Share
It amazes me when I hear people say, 'I want to go out and find out who I am.' I always knew who I… — Chuck Berry Copy Share
If I wasn't a musician, I'd take up the law. They are the rottenest, wealthiest people in America. — Chuck Berry Copy Share
I used to work at Kroger's. When the store opened, you were there. When I worked in an automobile plant, you punched in. So… — Chuck Berry Copy Share
People said I was king, but I was never king, and I say I'm the prime minister. — Chuck Berry Copy Share
All in all it was my intention to hold both the black and the white clientele by voicing the different kinds of songs in… — Chuck Berry Copy Share
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… — Chuck Berry Copy Share
In the Fifties, there were certain places we couldn't ride on the bus, and now there is a possibility of a black man being… — Chuck Berry Copy Share
If you're going to be mad, at least let the people know what you're mad about. — Chuck Berry Copy Share
All were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever. — Chuck Berry Copy Share
There had to be a market in order for you to be successful in a business. The market had to need your business, or… — Chuck Berry Copy Share
They're drinkin' home brew from a wooden cup. The folks were dancin' there got all shook up. — Chuck Berry Copy Share
