Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Chuck Brown

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Chuck Brown.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Charles Louis Brown was an American guitarist, bandleader and singer known as "The Godfather of Go-Go". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed around the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in the mid-1970s. While its musical classification, influences, and origins are debated, Brown is regarded as the fundamental force behind the creation of go-go music.

American - Musician | August 22, 1936 - May 16, 2012

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When I was a young man, I shined the shoes of Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan! Music was just everywhere like that. And in my family, everyone could play something, and if they couldnt play, they could sing.

Chuck Brown

My first instrument was the piano; I played in the church, and before that I sang in church. I didnt learn the guitar until I was 24 years old.

Chuck Brown

I cant lie - I love talking to the people at my shows. Im so grateful to all my fans. I couldnt do it for this long without them. So if they want to come past to say hi and whatnot, then its part of my job to talk to them - and you know, it might be the best part of my job, too.

Chuck Brown

Whatever you do big or small, do it well or don't do it at all.

Chuck Brown

Keep what you've got till you get what you need, y'all. You gotta give a lot just to get what you need sometimes, y'all.

Chuck Brown