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 More Quotes by Chuck Berry More Quotes From 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 paint art thinking It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest. Chuck Berry earnest intention ifs Don't let the same dog bite you twice. Chuck Berry african-american musician dog It's gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me. Chuck Berry rock-and-roll rocks quality It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now. Chuck Berry rhythm-and-blues rocks used The gateway to freedom...was somewhere close to New Orleans where most Africans were sorted through and sold. I had driven through New Orleans on tour and I'd been told my great grandfather had lived way back up in the woods among the evergreens in a log cabin. I revived the era with a song about a coloured boy named Johnny B. Goode. My first thought was to make his life follow as my own had come along, but I thought it would seem biased to white fans to say 'coloured boy' and changed it to 'country boy'. Chuck Berry song boys country 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 things-in-life important two Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news. Chuck Berry tchaikovsky news Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening. Chuck Berry listening people He could play the guitar just like ringing a bell. Chuck Berry bells guitar play I'm a millionaire, but I cut the grass. And each time I cut it, it's my grass. And that is satisfying. Chuck Berry millionaire cutting grass Rock is my child and my grandfather. Chuck Berry rocks grandfather children Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive Chuck Berry important play culture Music is music; you can't change rock and say well this is punk rock and this is acid rock or rockabilly. Chuck Berry acid punk rocks He never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play his guitar like he was ringing a bell. Chuck Berry rock-and-roll guitar writing 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 science-and-religion ifs facts Hail, hail rock and roll / Deliver me from the days of old. Chuck Berry hail rock-and-roll rocks 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 being-ignored talking people 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 style guitar people When I was a kid I used to scoot under the table, and whenever company would come around you know or my sisters or parents would tell me, go under the table and I'd do it because it was entertainment for the family or aunts or whatever. And one time at the Paramount when I first did it, you know, Brooklyn Paramount, I did it in the act during an instrumental and it got a big ovation and so I coined it as one of the things I should do in the act. And since I've been doing it. Chuck Berry aunt parent kids
