Rock 'n' roll accepted me and paid me, even though I loved the big bands... I went that way because I wanted a home of my own. I had a family. I had to raise them. Let's don't leave out… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I used to scoot under the table, and whenever company would come around you know or my sisters or parents would tell me, go under the table and I'd do it because it was entertainment… — 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 Image
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 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
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 Image
People said I was king, but I was never king, and I say I'm the prime minister. — 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 songs in… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
If you're going to be mad, at least let the people know what you're mad about. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
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 Image
