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
Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.
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.
Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening.
Hail, hail rock and roll / Deliver me from the days of old,
Music is music and I think music people are the delivers, the actors, when they put their music out they want to insert their character in it. So they call it such and such so you know how they live so to speak.
I'm a millionaire, but I cut the grass. And each time I cut it, it's my grass. And that is satisfying.
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.
I would sing the blues if I had the blues.
Music is music; you can't change rock and say well this is punk rock and this is acid rock or rockabilly.
It's gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.
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.
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.
I have so many entities now as grow older you gain responsibilities, you know, real estate, and I like video, and you know I want to live a little you know, because time is passing, its not as long as it has been...
They're drinkin' home brew from a wooden cup. The folks were dancin' there got all shook up.