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
Roll over, Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news.
This will cost people their jobs and likely their health insurance.
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.
Praise doesn't mean anything to me. I don't judge myself.
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.
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.
This is my 1963 Ford. It was the only car I could A-Ford.
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.