Chuck Quotes

• Chuck Norris knows the last digit of PI.

  Chuck Norris

  Lasts, Knows

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• Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Past

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “A Woman's Worth”, p.7, Ballantine Books

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• If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Life, Rocks

  Mike Douglas Show in 1972. "John Lennon: In His Own Words", Book by Ken Lawrence, p. 107, 2005.

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• Back then, I, most rockers loved Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis... you know in the '60s.

  Joe Cocker

  Berries, Littles, Rockers

  "Interview: Joe Cocker lyric". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.

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• I kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before 'Chuck Woolery' rings the bell.

  Ben Affleck

  Good Movie, Bells, Toys

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on the show. But I think it's a little edgy for Saturday night.

  Fisher Stevens

  Night, Thinking, Gambling

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I don't think they'd ever make a movie about Chuck Baker but I'd love to play Chuck Baker

  Cillian Murphy

  Thinking, Play, Bakers

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• Well, I'm a light traveller. I chuck things away.

  Norman MacCaig

  Light, Literature, Wells

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• I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period of music, obviously.

  Warren Zevon

  Mean, Hollies, Berries

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• You can only mend the vase so many times before you have to chuck it away.

  Christine McVie

  Vases

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• We're gonna release a studio album probably a year from now and we've got these recordings that we did with Coco Taylor and Johnny Johnson, who was Chuck Berry's piano player.

  James Young

  Player, Years, Piano

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• Chuck Parson did not participate in organized sports, because to do so would distract from his larger goal of his life: to one day be convicted of murder

  John Green

  Sports, Goal, One Day

  John Green (2010). “Paper Towns”, p.16, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• When I first started playing guitar, everyone was playing Chuck Berry and B.B. King licks. I decided I was going to find other avenues of expression.

  Robby Krieger

  Kings, Guitar, Expression

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• If your soul needs healing, the prescription you need is not Chuck Norris' tears, it's Jesus' blood.

  Chuck Norris

  Jesus, Healing, Blood

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was inspired by the classic rock radio of the Seventies. They separated Chuck Berry and the Beatles from the Led Zeppelins and Bostons and Peter Framptons of the time. In many ways, classic rock became bigger than mainstream rock.

  Chuck D

  Rocks, Boston, Berries

  "Chuck D on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Of Course Hip-Hop Belongs". Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. December 18, 2012.

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• The best musicians in the world were raised on the same kind of music I was raised on and that is black, soulful, authoritative, ultra-tight, ferocious, uppity, defiant music that from the Howlin' Wolf, the Muddy Waters, the Lightnin' Hopkins, the Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, and Little Richard.

  Ted Nugent

  Water, Black, Musician

  "More Than 10 Questions with Ted Nugent. The Man, His Views, His Music & The New Album ShutUp & Jam". Interview with Mark Capuano, music.allaccess.com. July 23, 2014.

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• You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road
  The roots are deep inside us
  It's the rhythm in our soul.

  Brian Wilson

  Roots, Soul, Rhythm

  "Song: 'The Spirit of Rock'n'Roll'". 1991.

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• I never liked blues music, and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry.

  Johnny Ramone

  Berries, Jazz

  "Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone".

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• I learned [playing Chuck Berry] that there's something to be said for the courage of conviction, that sense of belief, being bold enough to believe in your vision. And there's a quote that really fits his particular energy. It says - they say don't go where the path may lead, but go where there's no path and leave a trail. I think that's exactly what Chuck did, you know. It's an inspiration to a lot of folks, not just musicians, but people everywhere.

  Mos Def

  Believe, Inspiration, Thinking

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin.

  Ernie Isley

  People, Greek, Bakers

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• NASA even sent Chuck Berry's music on a space probe searching for intelligent life in outer space. Well, now, if they're out there, they're duck walking

  William J. Clinton

  Intelligent, Ducks, Space

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• There was a time in America not long ago when rock 'n' roll was called race music, and white kids who wanted to go see Chuck Berry were completely forbidden.

  David Bowie

  Kids, Race, Rocks

  Source: ca.complex.com

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• Well all of Chuck's children are out there playing his licks, get into your kicks. Come back baby, rock and roll never forgets.

  Bob Seger

  Baby, Children, Rocks

  Song: Rock and Roll Never Forgets, Album: Night Moves

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• You get sick of jokes, you know. Either I do them on TV, and then you worry, like, "Oh, everyone's gonna see it," so you chuck it, or you just get sick of saying it. After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.

  Dave Chappelle

  Sick, Worry, Jokes

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• One summer I remember, I got exposed to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly was a very very big, made a very big impression on me. Because of a lot of things, you know, the way he looked and his charisma.

  Eric Clapton

  Summer, Hollies, Berries

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