Maybe it is true what they say, that playing these Chuck Berry songs is easy. But try singing them. The words come… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
We're gonna release a studio album probably a year from now and we've got these recordings that we did with Coco Taylor… — James Young Copy Share Image
I watched Elvis Presley become - I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard. I… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
The first rock stars were incredibly theatrical. Little Richard and Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley - they were theater artists. — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
Those are the things that are in me, even going farther back, to Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. I dont consciously pull… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Rock and roll came into my life when I was about 12, 13, when Little Richard and Chuck Berry had just started… — Joe Cocker Copy Share Image
I'm influenced by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelly, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, B.B. King, and then by bluegrass. But when I was 16,… — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
I would listen to Little Richard and Fats Domino and Chuck Berry, and I would listen to how they played their riffs,… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
Those original, black, spirited, defiant, rebellious musical masters. Chuck Berry was one of the first masters of Les Paul's new electric guitar;… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
People always talk about good time rock and roll, Chuck Berry or whatever, like this liberating force for feeling good. But what… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
The best musicians in the world were raised on the same kind of music I was raised on and that is black,… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when… — Natalia Tena Copy Share Image
Go back to the very beginning, when we first started playing in local pubs. We used to play Chuck Berry covers. Every… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
And a lot of the technique and the little T-Bone phrases that define his style, Chuck Berry, when he rearranged the beat,… — Duke Robillard Copy Share Image
Over the years, I've come to realize that writing 'I Ain't Living Long Like This' was an exercise in combined musical influence,… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
After Chuck Berry died, it seemed web sites popped up like mushrooms to show where he'd taken the guitar introduction to 'Johnny… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
NASA even sent Chuck Berry's music on a space probe searching for intelligent life in outer space. Well, now, if they're out… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I was inspired by the classic rock radio of the Seventies. They separated Chuck Berry and the Beatles from the Led Zeppelins… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I just sort of grew up with music always in the background like a soundtrack. And it really hit me hard when… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
Our father taught us how to play. He's also our biggest inspiration and he opened our ears to a lot of older… — Henry Garza Copy Share Image
There would be no Rock and Roll without Ike Turner, James Brown, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint, etc. Fake ghetto books… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
When I started reaching teenage years, I listened to everything that was on the radio like everyone else did, which was Chuck… — Ronnie Montrose Copy Share Image
Of all the early breakthrough rock and roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry.… — Cub Koda Copy Share Image
I learned [playing Chuck Berry] that there's something to be said for the courage of conviction, that sense of belief, being bold… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I liked the Beatles but I wasn't mad on the Stones. I always thought they were a slight rip-off of Chuck Berry… — Cliff Richard Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to a lot of that stuff, Motown and Stooges. But also early rock-and-roll like Chuck Berry, Little Richard,… — Alex Winston Copy Share Image
When Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee, Tommy and me were inducted to the Hall of Fame, it meant we were with the Beatles,… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
Buddy Holly had something very different from the other great early rock n' roll stars, whether it was Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley,… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
I plug into a lot of old rock & roll. Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis - I love… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
Elvis may have fueled rock & roll's imagery, but Chuck Berry was its heartbeat and original mindset. — Cub Koda Copy Share Image
I'm not reinventing the wheel here. I'm not Chuck Berry or Bill Monroe. Guys like that are from outer space. — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
I wouldn't warm to [Chuck Berry] even if I was cremated next to him. — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
My influences were Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry. — Micky Dolenz Copy Share Image
Venues had segregated seating - but when Chuck Berry fused together blues, boogie-woogie and country music, it caused people not to be… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
One summer I remember, I got exposed to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly was a very very big, made… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image