Musicians quotes

“I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothin', but I think Depeche Mode is a sweet band!”
Matt Stone - Dave the Lighting Guy

“- Nancy: Who's Dick Dent?
- Brenda Winczor: He's just some wanky journalist who don't appreciate The Sex Pistols.”
Chloe Webb - Nancy Spungen
Kathy Burke - Brenda Windzor

“- J.T.: What kind of music do you like?
- Lee: Oh, progressive rock mostly.
- J.T.: Which is that?
- Lee: Oh, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Rush...
- J.T.: Right, right. Heavy metal goes to college.”
Adam LeFevre - J.T.
Nancy Mette - Lee

“The musicians make it rock, but the roadies make it roll!”
Kaki Hunter - Lola Bouilliabase

“- Harry - Pianist: I'm the best musician in the country.
- Moe - Stagehand: Yeah, but how are you in the city?”
Larry Fine - Harry - Pianist
Moe Howard - Moe - Stagehand

“- Henrietta: I thought U2 was a type of submarine.
- Charles: In a way, you were right. Their music has a naval quality.”
Anna Chancellor - Henrietta - Wedding Two
Hugh Grant - Charles - Wedding One

“- David: You know how I know you're gay?
- Cal: How?
- David: You like Coldplay.”
Paul Rudd - David
Seth Rogen - Cal

“- Dewey Finn: The first thing you do when you start a band is talk about your influences. That's how you figure out what kind of band you want to be. So who do you like? Blondie?
- Marta: Christina Aguilera.
- Dewey Finn: Who? No. Come on. What? You, Shortstop.
- Leonard: Puff Daddy.
- Dewey Finn: Wrong. Billy?
- Billy: Liza Minnelli?”
Jack Black - Dewey Finn
Caitlin Hale - Marta
Cole Hawkins - Leonard
Brian Falduto - Billy

“- Michael: Remember what John and Paul said.
- Frank Quinlan: The apostles?
- Michael: No, The Beatles. All you need is love.”
John Travolta - Michael
William Hurt - Frank Quinlan

“Depart now and you forever separate yourselves from the vital American legacies of Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Reed, Memphis Slim, Blind Boy Fuller, Louie Jordon, Little Walter, Big Walter, Sonnyboy Williamson I and II, Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson, Elvis Presley, Lieber and Stoller, and Robert K. Weiss.”

Dan Aykroyd - Elwood Blues

“- Mac: Boys, how many times do I have to tell you, no Van Halen until after I've had my Coffee.
- Johnny: But we've already had ours.”
John Karlen - Mac
Ernie Reyes Jr. - Johnny

“I hate the Beach Boys. They're too happy and sunny!”
Natalie Portman - Ann August

“- Don Ready: Are you in a boy band?
- Paxton Harding: No. I'm in a man band. We're all over 30. We call it a man band.
- Don Ready: You're men in a boy band.”
Ed Helms - Paxton Harding
Jeremy Piven - Don Ready

“- Mark: Do you like Led Zeppelin?
- Reggie: Oh, sure. They were a great band.
- Mark: I bet you've never even heard of Led Zeppelin. I bet you're just one of them grown ups who just pretends to like really cool bands just to get close to little punks like me.”
Brad Renfro - Mark Sway
Susan Sarandon - Reggie Love

“You like music, listen to this. I was into these dudes before anyone. Wanted me to be their manager. I called bullshit on that. Managing a pop group is no job for a man.”
Sy Richardson - Lite

“- Thomas J. Sennett: I'm gonna drive us to Liverpool.
- Shelly DeVoto: Liverpool?
- Vada Sultenfuss: Big Ringo fan.”
Macaulay Culkin - Thomas J. Sennett
Jamie Lee Curtis - Shelly DeVoto
Anna Chlumsky - Vada Sultenfuss

“- Summer Hathaway: You want me to be a groupie?
- Dewey Finn: Well, groupie is an important job.
- Summer Hathaway: I researched groupies on the Internet. They sleep with the band!”
Miranda Cosgrove - Summer Hathaway
Jack Black - Dewey Finn

“- Dave Juniper: I can't tell you how revved I am to be working with you. You're one of my heroes.
- Charlie: Who are your other heroes?
- Dave Juniper: Keith Richards.”
Michael Weatherly - Dave Juniper
Liam Neeson - Charlie

“Certainly, in the topsy-turvy world of heavy rock, having a good solid piece of wood in your hand is often useful.”
Tony Hendra - Ian Faith

“- Lucy Whitmore: I have a boyfriend. I'm sorry.
- Henry Roth: You're making up a boyfriend so you can get rid of me?
- Lucy Whitmore: No. I'm not.
- Henry Roth: What's his name then?
- Lucy Whitmore: Ringo.
- Henry Roth: Is his last name, Starr?
- Lucy Whitmore: No. McCartney.”
Drew Barrymore - Lucy Whitmore
Adam Sandler - Henry Roth

“- Sarge: Will you turn that disrespectful junk off?
- Fillmore: Respect the classics, man! It's Hendrix!”

Paul Dooley - Sarge
George Carlin - Fillmore

“- Father Gladden's Fan on Porch: Did you agree with the Beatles, years ago, at the height of their fame, that they were bigger stars than Jesus?
- Father Gladden: The world population was much less then.”
Peter McRobbie - Father Gladden's Fan on Porch
John Carter - Father Gladden

My father, he did not care for music. When I told him how I wished I could be like Mozart, he would say; "Why? Do you want to be a trained monkey? Would you like me to drag you around Europe, doing tricks like a circus freak?".
F. Murray Abraham - Antonio Salieri

“- Ted: Our first guest speaker comes from the year 400 BC, a time when most of the world looked like the cover of the Led Zeppelin album, Houses of the Holy.
- Bill: We were there. There were many steps and columns. It was most tranquil.
- Ted: He is sometimes known as the father of modern thought. He was the teacher of Plato, who was in turn...” (continue)(continue reading)
Keanu Reeves - Ted 'Theodore' Logan
Alex Winter - Bill S. Preston

“I had tried singing once back in Berlin. They threw tomatoes. After the show, I had a nice salad.”
John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig