Berries Quote by Joe Cocker

My influences were Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry.

— Micky Dolenz

Rock and roll came into my life when I was about 12, 13, when Little Richard and Chuck Berry had just started hitting the…

— Joe Cocker

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

— Angus Young

I was inspired by the classic rock radio of the Seventies. They separated Chuck Berry and the Beatles from the Led Zeppelins and Bostons…

— Chuck D

Chuck Berry invented rock 'n' roll. He was one of the best songwriters of the 20th century.

— Ezra Furman

When I was in high school in the '50s, all pop music - Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard - was aimed at teenagers. I…

— Robert Hilburn

I'm a hybrid-genre person, which a lot of people find confusing. I grew up listening to American country music and rock n' roll made…

— Teddy Thompson

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

— Steve Miller

Elvis may have fueled rock & roll's imagery, but Chuck Berry was its heartbeat and original mindset.

— Cub Koda

You have to remember: I grew up in the 1950s, the era of cowboy movies and rock 'n' roll.

— Christopher Timothy

It was only later that I found out there was good '70s rock like the Raspberries and the Flaming Groovies. I always gravitated toward…

— Kim Shattuck

Chuck Berry told me if it wasn't for Louis Jordan, he wouldn't have probably ever even got into music. That Louis Jordan changed everything…

— Robbie Robertson