Everybody in the '80s, well, we hate rap. Now, the biggest rapper in the world... Eminem. Rap's a black thing.
My outlet is my music, and it's been this way since I was 4 years old.
I want people to look at a checkerboard and think of me!
When I'm onstage they know I'm honest, and I try to be as humble as I can.
By 11th grade, I was in show business as a professional.
What I bring to the stage is humility.
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.
I hope that I am out of the music business when I meet God.
Besides, at 62 years old I look like I'm about 27.
I want my flowers while I'm alive.
God's got something for me. I have faith it'll be OK.
I compare the Twist to the electric light, The Twist is me, and I'm it. I'm the electric light.
What turns me on is to walk into a sold-out venue. The audiences are so much the same as they were in the '60s. It's just an amazing thing. I can't explain it, but I hope it never stops.
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.
History was made the day Chubby Checker went on 'Bandstand' with 'The Twist.'
Before I got in this business I was in the chicken business.
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 to play main rooms in Vegas. I want to play every day like Elvis did, not just weekends.
Michael Jackson is the most awesome person who ever walked onstage. He was just incredible.
When you throw your hands up in the air like you just don't care, you're doing 'The Fly' by Chubby Checker!
Dancing, apart to music with a beat, is my legacy.
