Maybe it is true what they say, that playing these Chuck Berry songs is easy. But try singing them. The words come out hard, like bullets. — 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
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
If I wasn't a musician, I'd take up the law. They are the rottenest, wealthiest people in America. — Chuck Berry Copy Share
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
People said I was king, but I was never king, and I say I'm the prime minister. — Chuck Berry Copy Share
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
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
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
If you're going to be mad, at least let the people know what you're mad about. — Chuck Berry Copy Share
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
There had to be a market in order for you to be successful in a business. The market had to need your business, or… — Chuck Berry Copy Share
They're drinkin' home brew from a wooden cup. The folks were dancin' there got all shook up. — Chuck Berry Copy Share
