Quotes by Chuck Berry

“Its amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.”

“Dont let the same dog bite you twice”

“Rocks so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather.”

“Roll over, Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news.”

“They [black and white musicians] jived between each other. All were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever.”

“Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of our country stuff on our predominantly black audience and some of our black audience began whispering who is that black hillbilly at the Cosmo? After they laughed at me a few times they began requesting the hillbilly stuff and enjoyed dancing to it.”

“but your attitude doesnt.”

“Looking hard for a drive in, searching for a corner cafe, where the hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day,”

“Julio had a great run with Atlanta. He loves Bobby Cox, loved playing with the Braves. They gave him an opportunity no one else would.”

“We are going to be obviously looking at all legislation to see how it impacts ... job creation and job retention. If we feel its going to hurt those prospects, well be fighting to kill that legislation.”

Respect isnt enough. Youve got to have a proprietary interest.

It amazes me when I hear people say, I want to go out and find out who I am. I always knew who I was. I was going to be famous if it killed me.

Music is science. Everything is science. Because science is truth.

Science and religion are both the same thing. Theyre there; theyre life. If its not science, its not a fact.

Its amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.

Im thankful for each and every day. We never know when time is up.

Im thankful for performing as long as I am allowed.

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.

Thats all there was in our house: poetry and choir rehearsal and duets and so forth I listened to Dad and Mother discuss things about poetry and delivery and voice and diction - I dont think anyone could know how much it really means.

My dad was the cause of me being in show business. He was not only in poetry but in acting a bit. He was Mordecai in the play A Dream of Queen Esther.