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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.

~Chuck Berry

Topics: Been Day Days Did Directed Had Long Music Old Over School School Days Them Thinking Years

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I'm thankful for each and every day. We never know when time is up.

~Chuck Berry

Topics: Day Each Every Every Day Know Never Thankful Time Up

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

~Chuck Berry

Topics: Ears Hear Know Might Once Record Sing Song You Your

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I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.

~Chuck Berry

Topics: Art Artist Found Got Grew Music Paint Pictures Thinking Until Up

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My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents.

~Chuck Berry

Topics: Anybody Down Look Music Produce Represents Set Simple Sit Sounds Stuff Symbols

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The music played most around St. Louis was country-western and swing. Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of the country stuff on our predominantly black audience. After they laughed at me a few times, they began requesting the hillbilly stuff.

~Chuck Berry

Topics: After Around Audience Began Black Country Curiosity Few Hillbilly Laughed Lay Lot Louis Me Most Music Our Played St. Louis Stuff Swing Times

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That's the misconceptions that people have, that Chuck Berry went to jail. They're just totally wrong. It might have said something in the large papers in the bigger city headlines and things. But, you take a look at any of the local papers, and you will see that I was acquitted. I never went to jail.

~Chuck Berry

Topics: Acquitted Any Berry Bigger Chuck Chuck Berry City Headlines Jail Just Large Local Look Might Misconceptions Never Papers People Said See Something Take Things Totally Will Wrong You

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

~Chuck Berry

Topics: Because Everything Music Science Truth

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

~Chuck Berry

Topics: Bottom Sacrifice Top Want

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Had I been pushed like Colonel Parker pushed Elvis, had I been a white boy like Elvis, sure, it would have been different.

~Chuck Berry

Topics: Been Boy Colonel Different Elvis Had Like Parker Pushed Sure White Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: October 18th, 1926

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