Ever see a little kid walking around talking to himself? I'm the same way.
I'm just grateful to be on this planet. I have no enemies that I know of. I'm just the guy who makes happy.
I want people to look at a checkerboard and think of me!
You have to be very strong to play my music. The drummer has to be in great shape. Same with the guitarist. You have to be a monster to play with Chubby!
When you throw your hands up in the air like you just don't care, you're doing 'The Fly' by Chubby Checker!
I was born in South Carolina. On my dad's farm, I didn't have much. I'm just a poor kid who worked in a produce market.
Michael Jackson is the most awesome person who ever walked onstage. He was just incredible.
Of all the '60s - there was Elvis, there was the Beatles, there was the British invasion, Jimmy Hendrix, and Woodstock - the No. 1 record was 'The Twist.'
I don't get the airplay that one in my position deserves. 'Twist and Shout' gets more airplay than 'The Twist,' and that's not right.
Do you go to gym and exercise to music? Before Chubby Checker, that never happened.
I'm in a crazy business. The music industry is really tough, and I fight for my life. I just want to make everybody happy.
I want to play main rooms in Vegas. I want to play every day like Elvis did, not just weekends.
When I play in Atlantic City, I perform Tuesdays through Sundays for two weeks, and I have 91-percent attendance. No one else plays six days a week, two shows per night, and does that kind of business.
By 11th grade, I was in show business as a professional.
When I hear 'The Twist,' sometimes I hear it, and I go, 'Wow - I really did that song. It could have been anybody, but it was me. Isn't that great.'
When I go on stage, I'm a different man. I become Chubby Checker, And when I'm not Chubby Checker, I'm preparing to be him.
The only difference between The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith, and Chubby Checker is that they get their music played on the radio.
I hope that I am out of the music business when I meet God.
I love food, and the food industry is huge, and I just love dealing in it.
This is my greatest regret - that my music is not being played, and more people aren't seeing Chubby Checker. That's very painful for me. Many nights, I have tears in my eyes about that.
