132 Quotes by Chuck Berry

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.

You don't just go to the studio and say, 'I'm going to write a hit.' It becomes a hit when people like your compositions.

You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.

Praise doesn't mean anything to me. I don't judge myself.

Science and religion are both the same thing. They're there; they're life. If it's not science, it's not a fact.

A contract is an ask game, and if it asks for an hour, and I submit to an hour, then it's an hour. When I look at a contract, I look at the obligation - where, when, how long, the compensation. If I agree to it, that's the way it is. I have an obligation. They have an obligation.

Don't bother me, leave me alone. Anyway, I'm almost grown.

Could you imagine the way I felt, I couldn't unfasten her safety belt. All the way home I held a grudge, for the safety belt that wouldn't budge.

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