“For me, music is a hobby. For you, it’s a gift. Go write your story.”
Gary Sinise - Tom

“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

“It's like she needed music, as if it was a person, and that she would die for it.”

Yasiin Bey - Yasiin Bey

“- 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

“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