“If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.”
John Lennon
“The '60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great.”
Abbie Hoffman
“Elvis may have been the king of rock'n'roll, but I am the queen.”
Little Richard Penniman
“I'm dealing in rock'n'roll. I'm, like, I'm not a bona fide human being.”
Phil Spector
“While Elvis was a country boy who sang 'black' . . . Chuck Berry provided the mirror image where country music was filtered through an R&B sensibility.”
Clive Anderson
“On the motionless branches of some trees, autumn berries hung like clusters of coral beads, as in those fabled orchards where the fruits were jewels . . .”
Charles Dickens
“The crew of the caravel "Nina" also saw signs of land, and a small branch covered with berries. Everyone breathed afresh and rejoiced at these signs.”
Christopher Columbus
