Music should be made to make people forget their problems, if only for a short while. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
Rock is rock, and, rock and roll, rock is just short for rock and roll. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
A song is a song. But there are some songs, ah, some songs are the greatest. The Beatles song Yesterday. Listen to… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
Music is music; you can't change rock and say well this is punk rock and this is acid rock or rockabilly. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
I added and deleted according to the audiences' response to different gestures, and chose songs to build an act that would constantly… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
He never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play his guitar like he was ringing a bell. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
The Rolling Stones... The Rolling Stones have a reflection to my music; I wouldn't deny it. I think that's honest. — 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
All in all it was my intention to hold both the black and the white clientele by voicing the different kinds of… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
I just feel I got my inspiration, education and all from others that came before me. And I added my... I don't… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
Charlie Christian played amplified guitar with Benny Goodman's quartet. He was the greatest guitar player that ever was. But he never looked… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
The gateway to freedom...was somewhere close to New Orleans where most Africans were sorted through and sold. I had driven through New… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
My singing days have passed. My voice is gone. My throat is worn. And my lungs are going fast. — 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
