“It's conflict and it's compromise, and it's just... it's new every time. It's brand new every night. It's very, very exciting!”

Ryan Gosling - Sebastian

“Well, I'm going to be a famous jazz musician. I've got it all figured out. I'll be unappreciated in my own country, but my gutsy blues stylings will electrify the French. I'll avoid the horrors of drug abuse, but I do plan to have several torrid love affairs, and I may or may not die young. I haven't decided.”
Yeardley Smith - Lisa Simpson

“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