“In my universe, Chuck is irreplaceable,”
Bob Dylan.
When I first heard Chuck Berry, I didn’t consider that he was black. I thought he was a hillbilly. Little did I know, he was a great poet, too. And there must have been some elitist power that had to get rid of all these guys, to strike down rock ’n’ roll for what it was and what it represented — not least of all being a black-and-white thing.”
Bob Dylan
“Shakespeare of rock ‘n’ roll,”
Bob Dylan
“All of us are footnotes to the words of Chuck Berry,” Leonard Cohen.
“If you had to give rock ’n’ roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry,”
John Lennon.
Berry’s music may well outlive us all. The two Voyager space probes NASA launched into space in 1977 each contain a phonograph player and a golden record loaded with sounds to tell any aliens who might find the records something about the people of earth. On each record? Chuck Berry’s “
Johnny B. Goode.”
“Chuck Berry, he just leapt out of the radio at me. I ate him basically, I mean I breathed him—it wasn’t just food, he was the air I breathed.”
Keith Richards
“People will always cover Chuck Berry songs. When bands go do their homework, they will have to listen to Chuck Berry. If you want to learn about rock ‘n’ roll, if you want to play rock ‘n’ roll, you have to start there.”
Joe Perry:
“If you want to play rock ‘n’ roll or any upbeat number … you end up playing like Chuck.”
Eric Clapton:
“The idea of intelligent rock ‘n’ roll probably starts with Chuck Berry.”
Donald Fagen
“I met him loads of times and always got on well. But I think Keith (Richards) always thought of him as more of a hero than I did and therefore was more disappointed with him when he was rather rude and overbearing.”
Mick Jagger
Chuck Berry was rock’s greatest practitioner, guitarist, and the greatest pure rock ‘n’ roll writer who ever lived.
Bruce Springsteen
All of Chuck’s children are out there playing his licks.”
— Bob Seger, Rock ‘n’ Roll Never Forgets“There’s only one true king of rock ‘n’ roll. His name is Chuck Berry.”
— Stevie Wonder“[My mama] said, ‘You and Elvis are pretty good, but you’re no Chuck Berry.’”
— Jerry Lee Lewis“While Elvis was a country boy who sang “black” to some degree … Chuck Berry provided the mirror image where country music was filtered through an R&B sensibility.”
— Clive Anderson“Well, Chuck Berry is the first singer-songwriter I know of.”
— Roy Orbison“You are most certainly the inspiration for all of today’s rock ‘n’ roll guitarists. Your music is timeless.”
— Motown legend Smokey RobinsonChuck Berry is “a musical scientist who discovered a cure for the blues.”
— singer Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers“the epitome of what it is to be a rock ‘n’ roll guitar player, songwriter and singer.”
— Joan Jett
"One of my big lights has gone out.”
– Keith, 3/18/17 pic.twitter.com/I86dHlvN5W— Keith Richards (@officialKeef) March 19, 2017
Chuck Berry rolled over everyone who came before him – and turned up everyone who came after. We'll miss you, Chuck. Be good.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 19, 2017
When I was 10 years old and I dreamed every night of moving to America, Chuck Berry played the soundtrack. He rocked the world. RIP.
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) March 18, 2017
Chuck Berry died. This breaks my heart, but 90 years old ain't bad for rock and roll. Johnny B. Goode forever.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 18, 2017
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