Chuck Brown Quotes

United States, Guitarist
August 22, 1936 – May, 16, 2012.

Charles Louis Brown was an American guitarist, bandleader and singer who has garnered the honorific nickname "The Godfather of Go-Go". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed in and around the Washington metropolitan area in the mid-1970s. While its musical classification, influences, and origins are debated, Brown is regarded as the fundamental force behind the creation of go-go music.

Also known as Singer

My first instrument was the piano; I played in the church, and before that I sang in church. I didn't learn the guitar until I was 24 years old.

Chuck Brown
- Church
Whatever you do big or small, do it well or don't do it at all.

Chuck Brown
- Small
- Bigs
- Wells

When I was a young man, I shined the shoes of Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan! Music was just everywhere like that. And in my family, everyone could play something, and if they couldn't play, they could sing.

Chuck Brown
- Music
- Family
- Shoes
I can't lie - I love talking to the people at my shows. I'm so grateful to all my fans. I couldn't do it for this long without them. So if they want to come past to say hi and whatnot, then it's part of my job to talk to them - and you know, it might be the best part of my job, too.

Chuck Brown
- People
- Long
- Job
We recognize that tuition over time has increased pretty significantly.

Chuck Brown
- Time
- Pretty
- Tuition
It's a lot of stuff. People ask us what kind of model are we following. There is no model. We're creating one. There's never been anything of this magnitude. ... We've got 9,000 square miles of destruction.

Chuck Brown
- People
- Model
- Stuff
People are looking for a way to take action, to do something other than donate on the Turnpike on their way to work, which seems impersonal.

Chuck Brown
- People
- Work
- Action
Keep what you've got till you get what you need, y'all. You gotta give a lot just to get what you need sometimes, y'all.

Chuck Brown
- Giving
- Sometimes
- Needs