“- Artie Duncan: I don't care if you drove through a mountain in Texas. This is New Jersey, and when you play my... when you play my joint, you're just another act. I want some music out of you characters!
- Reno Nevada: You want it, Artie? You got it.”
Leonard Gaines - Artie Duncan
Pepe Serna - Reno Nevada

“I want you all to take a second and just... breathe. Deep breaths. Now listen to me. I want you all to play from your heart. Forget about the audience, watch me, you'll do just fine. Just play from here.”

Meryl Streep - Roberta Guaspari

“Music is all I think about. From the moment I wake up in the morning to the moment I fall asleep at night.”
Jamie Foxx - Joe

“That guy was lost in the music. He was in it, and he took the rest of us with him. And I wanted to learn how to talk like that. That’s when I knew I was born to play.”
Jamie Foxx - Joe

- Records Nurse: Can I get you something?
- Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher: Yeah, do you have the Beatles' "White Album"? Never mind, just get me a glass of hot fat. And bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia while you're out there.

Loraine Shields - Records Nurse
Chevy Chase - Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher