I'm in a crazy business. The music industry is really tough, and I fight for my life. I just want to make everybody happy. — Chubby Checker Copy Share Image
It takes a real soldier to stay in the music industry and live off the things that have been put before me and be able to survive all this time because it has not been easy. — Chubby Checker Copy Share Image
You wave your hands up to the sky, kick your legs to the side. Are you ready, let's do the Freddie. — Chubby Checker Copy Share Image
I compare the Twist to the electric light, The Twist is me, and I'm it. I'm the electric light. — Chubby Checker Copy Share Image
When I'm onstage they know I'm honest, and I try to be as humble as I can. — Chubby Checker Copy Share Image
Everybody in the '80s, well, we hate rap. Now, the biggest rapper in the world... Eminem. Rap's a black thing. — Chubby Checker Copy Share Image
Being on 'Bandstand' was like getting a Nobel Prize. From 3 o'clock in the afternoon until 5:30, nobody was on the street. They were… — Chubby Checker Copy Share Image
History was made the day Chubby Checker went on 'Bandstand' with 'The Twist.' — Chubby Checker Copy Share Image
I'm in a crazy business. The music industry is really tough, and I fight for my life. I just want to make everybody happy. — Chubby Checker Copy Share Image
My outlet is my music, and it's been this way since I was 4 years old. — Chubby Checker Copy Share Image
Ever see a little kid walking around talking to himself? I'm the same way. — Chubby Checker Copy Share Image
I was born in South Carolina. On my dad's farm, I didn't have much. I'm just a poor kid who worked in a produce… — Chubby Checker Copy Share Image
