Quotes by Chuck Berry

About Chuck Berry:

Charles Edward Anderson is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music.
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It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.

Chuck Berry

I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.

Chuck Berry

The Big Band Era is my era. People say, 'Where did you get your style from?' I did the Big Band Era on guitar. That's the best way I could explain it.

Chuck Berry

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 the economics. No way.

Chuck Berry

Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two.

Chuck Berry

Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather.

Chuck Berry

Science and religion are both the same thing. They're there; they're life. If it's not science, it's not a fact.

Chuck Berry

Don't let the same dog bite you twice.

Chuck Berry

You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.

Chuck Berry

Praise doesn't mean anything to me. I don't judge myself.

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 I look at a contract, I look at the obligation - where, when, how long, the compensation. If I agree to it, that's the way it is. I have an obliga...

Chuck Berry

A song is a song. But there are some songs, ah, some songs are the greatest. The Beatles song 'Yesterday.' Listen to the lyrics.

Chuck Berry

If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you've got something they want to hear.

Chuck Berry

You don't just go to the studio and say, 'I'm going to write a hit.' It becomes a hit when people like your compositions.

Chuck Berry

My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents.

Chuck Berry

Author Bio

  • NameChuck Berry
  • DescriptionUS-american rock-and-roll musician
  • AliasesCharles Edward Anderson Berry
  • BornOctober 18, 1926
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Singer-songwriter; Singer; Composer; Musician
  • AwardsGrammy Lifetime Achievement Award