Music quotes

“There is always going to be resistance so you gotta be patient. Look for that one person who's not afraid to just go for it.”

Zac Efron - Cole

“- Kevin Kingston: Do you have any Justin Timberlake or Clay Aiken?
- Nick Persons: Lord, these kids are ethnically challenged. You know you could get shot by playing those CDs in my old neighborhood.
- Kevin Kingston: We're not ghetto!”
Philip Bolden - Kevin Kingston
Ice Cube - Nick Persons

“- Michelle: What kind of music do you like?
- Dr. Richard Walker: What? Oldies, I like oldies.”
Emmanuelle Seigner - Michelle
Harrison Ford - Dr. Richard Walker

“There's a popular myth that 128 beats per minute is the rate that synergizes most with your heartbeat. That's the magic number. Once you've gotten your crowd there, you're controlling their entire circulatory system.”

Zac Efron - Cole

“Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh. It was like a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now. As I slooshied, I knew such lovely pictures!”

Malcom McDowell - Alex (A Clockwork Orange)

“Music's the only thing that makes sense anymore, man. Play it loud enough, it keeps the demons at bay.”
Martin Luther - Jo-Jo

“I can't listen to that much Wagner, you know? I start to get the urge to conquer Poland.”
Woody Allen - Larry Lipton

“Let me tell you what I see here: a lot of raw talent. Swagger. Bravado. People are scared of you guys. They think you're dangerous, but the world needs to hear it.”
Paul Giamatti - Jerry Heller

“- Verna Griffin: Spinning records ain't paying the bills around here.
- Dr. Dre: What are you talking about? I get paid.”
Lisa Renee Pitts - Verna Griffin
Corey Hawkins - Dr. Dre

“They could pump a million volts in me. They could bust my fingers, one bye one, by one, by one. They could dig out my eyes. But... No country-western music, please. Every man has his limits.”
T. Ryder Smith - The Trickster

“- Queen Mousette: Do something Caribbean.
- Elwood Blues: Uh, ma'am, we're the Blues Brothers. We do blues, rhythm & blues, jazz, funk, soul. We can handle rock, pop, country, heavy metal, fusion, hip hop, rap, Motown, operetta, show tunes. In fact, we've even been called upon, on occasion, to do a polka! However Caribbean is a type of music, I...” (continue)(continue reading)
Erykah Badu - Queen Mousette
Dan Aykroyd - Elwood Blues

“That's right monkey, play my head!”
Peter Dante - Dante

“Feed the body food and drink, it will survive today. Feed the soul art and music, it will live forever.”
Julie Andrews - Catherine

“- Harry Sanborn: Some people consider rap poetry.
- Erica Barry: C'mon, how many words can you rhyme with bitch?”
Jack Nicholson - Harry Sanborn
Diane Keaton - Erica Barry

“- Sal Amato: Hey, you lose the beat, people miss a step, we want them to dance.
- Eddie Wilson: Lose a beat, miss a step. What are you a moron, Sal?”
Matthew Laurance - Sal Amato
Michael Paré - Eddie Wilson

“Music is still part of my life, but I hate the idea of people coming to see me play the guitar because they've seen me in movies.”
Johnny Depp

“He was my idol. Mozart, I can't think of a time when I didn't know his name. I was still playing childish games and he was playing music for kings and emperors. Even the Pope in Rome! I admit I was jealous when I heard the tales they told about him. Not of the brilliant little prodigy himself, but of his father, who had taught him everything.”
F. Murray Abraham - Antonio Salieri

“I love self-loathing complaint rock you can dance to.”
Mena Suvari - Dora Diamond

“I think rock'nroll is great for this generation. I think it gives a happy feeling to music. We don't dress like they did back in the 40s. Well, this is the same thing.”
Frankie Avalon

“As far as I'm concerned, good tunes is good tunes. Be it disco or rock, or polka, or whatever have you, regardless of the category. Disco is just easier to dance to.”
Natasha Lyonne - Christine

You see, back in the '60s, we had smart black articulate black men. Like Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, Fred Hampton. These brothers were speaking out, and people were listening. And then, the FBI said, "Oh, no! We can't have that! I know! Let's give the niggers some music by a bunch of mumbling idiots, and sooner or later they'll... (continue)(continue reading)

Ludacris - Anthony

They ask you "what was the high point?" Hall of Fame, selling all those records, pulling Sherry out of the hat, it was all great. But four guys under a street lamp, when it was all still ahead of us, the first time we made that sound, our sound. When everything dropped away and all there was was the music. That was the best
John Lloyd Young - Frankie Valli

“There's something about this that's so black, it's like how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.”

Christopher Guest - Nigel Tufnel

“If someone can feel music ... then anybody can dance!”
Varun Dhawan - Suresh

“- Sir Edmund Burton: Stop that!
- Cogman: I was trying to make the moment more epic.”

Philip Anthony Hopkins - Sir Edmund Burton
Jim Carter - Cogman