Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berryis an American guitarist, singer and songwriter and is one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Rock and Roll Music"and "Johnny B. Goode", 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 music featuring guitar solos and showmanship that were a major influence on subsequent rock music...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth18 October 1926
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
Chuck Berry quotes about
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 obligation. They have an obligation.
Don't bother me, leave me alone. Anyway, I'm almost grown.
Could you imagine the way I felt, I couldn't unfasten her safety belt. All the way home I held a grudge, for the safety belt that wouldn't budge.
Looking hard for a drive in, searching for a corner cafe, where the hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day,
He could play the guitar just like ringing a bell.
Science and religion are both the same thing. They're there; they're life. If it's not science, it's not a fact.
You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.
Prejudice doesn't make me mad. It just - I guess 'pisses me off' is the word.
A song is a song. But there are some songs, ah, some songs are the greatest. The Beatles song Yesterday. Listen to the lyrics.
My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents.
Up come a flat top, he was movin' up with me.
Back in the class room, open your books, keep up, the teacher don't know how mean she looks.
All I want for Christmas is a rock n roll electric guitar...
All were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever.