Chuck berry Quotes

Creating a dance is like coming up with a Chuck Berry riff.

— Toni Basil

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

— Keith Richards

I think the world of Chuck Berry.

— Robbie Robertson

Chuck Berry doesn't give interviews.

— Chuck Berry

To a crowd that loves improv, Robin Williams is like Chuck Berry.

— Chris Gethard

“The blood of the guitar was Chuck Berry red.”

— Meat Loaf

From the time I was 12 until I was 21, Chuck Berry was my favorite artist.

— Steve Miller

I'm not reinventing the wheel here. I'm not Chuck Berry or Bill Monroe. Guys like that are from outer space.

— Chris Stapleton

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

— Joe Cocker

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

— Stevie Wonder

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

— Keith Richards

I was playing with Chuck Berry, who sounded like an English teacher. Did you ever listen to his records? He pronounces every…

— Dion DiMucci

Growing up, I never listened to English music. I was more into Motown, as well as early rock n' roll like Chuck…

— Alex Winston

I've heard stories of pickup bands that can't follow, but here's the thing: If you want to play with Chuck Berry, you…

— Daryl Davis

A lot of times we would do covers - Chuck Berry or J.J. Cale or all kinds of cool songs - and…

— Mike Campbell

As a kid, I loved any guitarists, whether it was Elvis Presley, Lonnie Donegan, Chuck Berry or even the cowboy guitarists like…

— Rory Gallagher

An uninhibited, Chuck Berry devotee but experimented with and broke a lot of ground on feedback techniques and solid variations in tonal…

— Ted Nugent

And, as soon as I could put together the, you know, three or four notes that made up, like, sort of a…

— Slash

My all-time favorite rock and roll players were Scotty Moore, Chuck Berry and Franny Beecher, and I listened to the country playing…

— Alvin Lee

I was a massive fan of AC/DC, Foo Fighters, Muse - I went to see all of them live. B.B. King, Chuck…

— Tom Walker

My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when…

— Natalia Tena

People always talk about good time rock and roll, Chuck Berry or whatever, like this liberating force for feeling good. But what…

— John Darnielle

The best musicians in the world were raised on the same kind of music I was raised on and that is black,…

— Ted Nugent

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

My parents had this massive record player in the living room, a 'blue spot grand' they called it... it used up an…

— Lenny Henry

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. If you were going to give Rock 'n' Roll…

— John Lennon

Growing up in Middlesbrough [in England], I listened to artists like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Howlin' Wolf. It was like another…

— Paul Rodgers

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

“Page-one news as it occurred, the story of the comics controversy is a largely forgotten chapter in the history of the culture…

— David Hajdu

I never liked blues and I really didn’t like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry.

— Johnny Ramone

Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.

— Keith Richards

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

— Keith Richards

What we admit to is being a rock n' roll band. From day one, I was a big Chuck Berry fan.

— Angus Young

This kid's excited because he's with Bad Company and I'm excited because I'm with Chuck Berrys' son.

— Mick Ralphs

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

— Ian Anderson

I plug into a lot of old rock & roll. Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis - I love…

— Angus Young

Chuck Berry had a very profound impact on me. The man was a genius.

— Daryl Davis

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

— John Lennon