“Depart now and you forever separate yourselves from the vital American legacies of Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Reed, Memphis Slim, Blind Boy Fuller, Louie Jordon, Little Walter, Big Walter, Sonnyboy Williamson I and II, Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson, Elvis Presley, Lieber and Stoller, and Robert K. Weiss.”

Dan Aykroyd - Elwood Blues

“- Jarmilla Hanka: Darling, if you have to go, please take me with you.
- Karel Vavra: No, darling.
- Jarmilla Hanka: I'm not afraid.
- Karel Vavra: I'd be afraid for you. You're safer here.”
Patricia Morison - Jarmilla Hanka
Alan Curtis - Karel Vavra

“- Shuck: I wouldn't make a lot of noise if I was you. You don't want to alert Stoney of your leaving.
- Charles: As if he would care if I left.
- Shuck: What makes you think he don't care?
- Charles: I don't know... What would you call no contact for nine years?
- Shuck: I'd call it being a man of few words.”
Kris Kristofferson - Shuck
Joseph Mazzello - Charles

“- Ulee Jackson: Once you're better, I don't care what you do. But you're not moving until all that poison's out of your body. Even if only for a day.
- Helen Jackson: Oh, man. You always think you know, don't you?
- Ulee Jackson: Well, I know better than to run from responsibility.”
Peter Fonda - Ulee Jackson
Christine Dunford - Helen Jackson

“- Helen Jackson: There's all kinds of running, Ulee. Your body might have stuck around, and that lousy bully part of your mind, but your heart took off a long time ago.
- Ulee Jackson: Oh, you can't say that. That's not true.
- Helen Jackson: Maybe you're right. Maybe you never cared anything about anybody. Year after year, nothing touches Ulee!”
Christine Dunford - Helen Jackson
Peter Fonda - Ulee Jackson