Music quotes

“- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Forgive me, Majesty. I am a vulgar man! But I assure you, my music is not.
- Emperor Joseph II: You are passionate, Mozart, but you do not persuade...”
Tom Hulce - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Jeffrey Jones - Emperor Joseph II

“- Christine: Hey, you know what? Disco's so fucking big right now, I wouldn't be suprised if KISS did a disco song.
- Lex: Man, if there's one thing KISS will never do, it is a bullshit disco song.”
Natasha Lyonne - Christine
Giuseppe Andrews - Lex

“I've started to make a tape... in my head... for Laura. Full of stuff she likes. Full of stuff that make her happy. For the first time I can sort of see how that is done.”

John Cusack - Rob Gordon

“Nobody tells deejay request what to play. Let them tell you what to play, they lose respect for you. They lose respect for you, you lose control. Not today...”
Craig Robinson - DeeJay

“- Bill: If I die, you can have my Megadeth collection.
- Ted: But, dude, we're already dead.
- Bill: Oh. Well then they're yours, dude.”
Alex Winter - Bill
Keanu Reeves - Ted

“- Dorota: No-one play Chopin like you.
- Wladyslaw Szpilman: I hope that's a compliment.”
Emilia Fox - Dorota
Adrien Brody - Wladyslaw Szpilman

“You are a convicted inmate on death row. What five albums would you pick?”
Ray Liotta - Ryan Weaver

“He had this idea. He believed that you could cure racism and hate... literally cure it, by injecting music and love into people's lives.”

Will Smith - Neville

“I believe in music. The way that some people believe in fairy tales.”
Freddie Highmore - August Rush

“- Rob Gordon: Liking both Marvin Gaye and Art Garfunkel is like supporting both the Israelis and the Palestinians.
- Laura: No, it's really not, Rob. You know why? Because Marvin Gaye and Art Garfunkel make pop records.
- Rob Gordon: Made. Made. Marvin Gaye is dead. His father shot him.”
John Cusack - Rob Gordon
Iben Hjejle - Laura

“- Joe Devine: Have you actually seen a person die, watched them bleed to death, seen them take their last breath? I've seen that... many times.
- Steven Schats: Why have you seen that?
- Joe Devine: I used to produce music videos.”
Alec Baldwin - Joe Devine
Matthew Broderick - Steven Schats

“People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I...” (continue)(continue reading)
John Cusack - Rob Gordon

“- Matthew the Waiter: I have a question for you real quick. What did you think of my demo? Did you get it?
- Aldous Snow: I was gonna listen to that, but then, um, I just carried on living my life.”
Jonah Hill - Matthew the Waiter
Russell Brand - Aldous Snow

“- Nashville Director: What's the trouble, Buddy?
- Charles Hardin 'Buddy' Holly: The trouble is, y'all want us to play Hillbilly - and that's just not what we play.
- Nashville Producer: I guess this kid just don't like Elvis Presley.
- Charles Hardin 'Buddy' Holly: Hey, I like Elvis fine...! But I'm Buddy Holly.”

Gary Busey - Charles Hardin 'Buddy' Holly

“- Charlie B. Barkin: Hey! I know we're all dead up here, but so's the music. How about heating it up?
- Vera: Honey, you know it!”
Burt Reynolds - Charlie B. Barkin
Candy Devine - Vera

“- Paul, the Fussy Guy - Record Collector: It has a enlarged centre hole and a hair-crack.
- Seymour: But the crack is so tight it's completely inaudible.
- Paul, the Fussy Guy - Record Collector: But a tight hair-crack is just that - a crack. I don't collect cracked records. I only pay premium on mint records. Seymour, you know that. Please.
-...” (continue)(continue reading)

Paul Keith - Paul, the Fussy Guy - Record Collector
Steve Buscemi - Seymour
Thora Birch - Enid

“- Riff Randell: Come on, you guys, follow me into the school! Come on!
- Mr. McGree: I regret that I have only one life to give for rock and roll!”

P.J. Soles - Riff Randell
Paul Bartel - Mr. McGree

“Only through music I did have a chance to show my feelings.”
Ingrid Bergman - Charlotte Andergast

“I have no idea what beautiful is. Music is beautiful, but the things that I see, they just... they make my head hurt. And my heart.”
Madeleine Stowe - Emma Brody

“- 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's Vietnam music. Can't we get our own music?”

Jake Gyllenhaal - Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford

“Music should flow like a language. Changing a single note can turn joy to sorrow.”
Marcel Iures - Dusan Gavrich

“You guys ready for the show? The loud show? Loud music show? Rock and roll?”
Mick McMains - Chuck

“Some people have a hard time explaining rock 'n' roll. I don't think anyone can really explain rock 'n' roll.”
Jason Lee - Jeff Bebe

“- Drew Halbert: What are you doing?
- Jesse: Making a call. Willy likes the sound of my harmonica playing. When he hears it, he knows it's me.
- Drew Halbert: So you think you're gonna play that sound on the hydrophone.
- Jesse: Uh huh.
- Drew Halbert: And he's just gonna come running.”
Annie Corley - Drew Halbert
Jason James Richter - Jesse