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title: "2 Hillbilly Quotes By Chuck Berry"
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> [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 predominantly black audience. After they laughed at me a few times, they began requesting the hillbilly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/the-music-played-most-around-st-louis-was-country-western-and-swing/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/chuck-berry-4519_country_the-music-played-most-around-st-louis-wa_264082.jpg)

> [Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of our country stuff on our predominantly black audience and some of our black audience began whispering "who is that black hillbilly at the Cosmo?"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/curiosity-provoked-me-to-lay-a-lot-of-our-country-stuff-on-our/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/697/chuck-berry-4519_audience_curiosity-provoked-me-to-lay-a-lot-of-ou_2357084.jpg)

## Other authors on Hillbilly

## More by Chuck Berry

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/a-contract-is-an-ask-game-and-if-it-asks-for-an-hour-and-i-submit-to/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

> [It amazes me when I hear people say, 'I want to go out and find out who I am.' I always knew who I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/it-amazes-me-when-i-hear-people-say-i-want-to-go-out-and-find-out-who/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

> [If I wasn't a musician, I'd take up the law. They are the rottenest, wealthiest people in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/if-i-wasn-t-a-musician-i-d-take-up-the-law-they-are-the-rottenest/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

> [Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/rock-s-so-good-to-me-rock-is-my-child-and-my-grandfather/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/i-used-to-work-at-kroger-s-when-the-store-opened-you-were-there-when/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

> [People said I was king, but I was never king, and I say I'm the prime minister.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/people-said-i-was-king-but-i-was-never-king-and-i-say-i-m-the-prime/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

> [All I want for Christmas is a rock n roll electric guitar...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-a-rock-n-roll-electric-guitar/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

> [All in all it was my intention to hold both the black and the white clientele by voicing the different kinds of songs in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/all-in-all-it-was-my-intention-to-hold-both-the-black-and-the-white/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/the-music-played-most-around-st-louis-was-country-western-and-swing/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/in-the-fifties-there-were-certain-places-we-couldn-t-ride-on-the-bus/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

> [If you're going to be mad, at least let the people know what you're mad about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/if-you-re-going-to-be-mad-at-least-let-the-people-know-what-you-re/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

> [All were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/all-were-artists-playing-foolish-having-fights-and-making-love-as-if/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

> [Maybellene, why can't you be true?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/maybellene-why-can-t-you-be-true/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

> [There had to be a market in order for you to be successful in a business. The market had to need your business, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/there-had-to-be-a-market-in-order-for-you-to-be-successful-in-a/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

> [They're drinkin' home brew from a wooden cup. The folks were dancin' there got all shook up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/they-re-drinkin-home-brew-from-a-wooden-cup-the-folks-were-dancin/)

[Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/)

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