A Quote by Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry doesn't give interviews. — © Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry doesn't give interviews.
We would not have rock and roll without Chuck Berry, and when I first heard Chuck Berry, I fell in love with that music, and when I saw him, I changed my whole career trajectory that I was on as a kid.
This is no condemnation of Chuck Berry, who I greatly admire. But Chuck Berry's music will not translate as well to orchestration because of its very three-chord rock 'n' roll nature. It is the music of the artists that are more pretentious, pompous or closer to the kind of big dramatic stylings that orchestras are good with.
There would be no Rock and Roll without Ike Turner, James Brown, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint, etc. Fake ghetto books and fake ghetto music. Elvis Presley, whom they idol, is merely a karaoke makeover of James Brown and Chuck Berry.
If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.
I said if you want to be Keith Richards, you've got to listen to Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. Then I thought, "What did Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry listen to?" I said, "They listened to Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters." Well who'd they listen to? They listened to Robert Johnson. I said, "Ok, we'll start with that."
Those original, black, spirited, defiant, rebellious musical masters. Chuck Berry was one of the first masters of Les Paul's new electric guitar; he pretty much laid down the gauntlet, and I don't think anybody's ever beat him since. Way before the British Invasion, I was tuned into the black guys that created the British Invasion. Without Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and the Motown hits, there would be no Beatles.
Berry's On Top is probably my favorite record of all time; it defines rock and roll. A lot of people have done Chuck Berry songs, but to get that feel is really hard. It's the rock and roll thing-the push-pull and the rhythm of it.
I think the world of Chuck Berry.
When I started, all I wanted to do was play like Chuck (Berry)
You didn't know whether Chuck Berry was black or white - it was not a concern.
I wouldn't warm to [Chuck Berry] even if I was cremated next to him.
From the time I was 12 until I was 21, Chuck Berry was my favorite artist.
My momma always said, 'You and Elvis are pretty good, but y'all ain't no Chuck Berry.
To a crowd that loves improv, Robin Williams is like Chuck Berry.
Creating a dance is like coming up with a Chuck Berry riff.
Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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