People don't want to see 17 pieces in neckties. They wanna see some jeans, some gettin' down, and some wigglin'.

It amazes me when I hear people say, 'I want to go out and find out who I am.' I always knew who I was. I was going to be famous if it killed me.

If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you've got something they want to hear.

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.

If you want to release your aggression, get up and dance. That's what rock and roll is all about.

I'm constantly dodging people in L.A. There are some people I don't ever wanna see again, but if you live where you grew up, you're running into people constantly.