132 Quotes by Chuck Berry

Respect isn't enough. You've got to have a proprietary interest.

I wanted to be a comedian. And I did that so much in high school, I couldn't get a girlfriend.

One of my realizations is that if you revel over joy, you're going to ache over pain and get killed over hurt. Your span of feelings are going to go just as far one way as the other.

Music should be made to make people forget their problems, if only for a short while.

I don't want the bottom, so I have to sacrifice the top.

I directed my music to the teen-agers. I was 30 years old when I did 'Maybellene.' My school days had long been over when I did 'School Day,' but I was thinking of them.

My father married once. I married once. This is a conviction of ours. This is the way we grew up.

I eat meat daily. I'm not Jewish. I'm not Arabic. What's the kind of person that doesn't eat meat? That's right - I'm not a vegetarian.

I didn't connect with the kids. I was in the studio. I never saw the kids. I hoped they liked it, of course. And then I'd go write some more. And then I'd go buy me a home. Very American.