"There are only two ways: life or death. By killing, if you take a life, you get the time that person had left. Or, to truly break the cycle, you have to die."

"Max Lloyd-Jones - Paul Campbell"

"- Iris (1960's)"

"- Uncle Howard"

"Owen Patrick Joyner - Bobby"

"Tinpo Lee - Marty Reyes"

"Fifty years ago, Grandma survived a disaster."

"Because Death took so long to make its way through the survivors, these people went on to have families. Families that they never should've had. So Death took them too. I mean.. Don't you see this? Death is coming for us because we were never supposed to exist!"

"I always knew this day would come. I held him off for years. He's a relentless son of a bitch. Won't stop till he finishes the job. Death is coming for our family."

"This book, it'll show you everything you need to know to keep our family safe."

"- Aunt Brenda"

"Tony Todd - William John Bludworth"

"The rules have changed."

"– Pearline"

"– Cornbread"

"– Grace Chow"

"It's gonna be a real ring-a-ding-ding!"

"We are all sinners."

"Michael B. Jordan – Smoke/Stack"

"Let me in, man! [Bangs on the door] There's some weird shit goin' on out here. [Continues banging] Let me in! You better let me in! Smoke, let me in! Smoke, let me in there! Smoke, you gotta let me in!"

"Dance with the devil."

"Hailee Steinfeld – Mary"

"See, white folks, they like the blues just fine. They just don't like the people who make it."

"This world already left you for dead. Won't let you build. Won't let you fellowship. We will do just that. Together. Forever. I can save you from your fate. I am your way out."

"Come on in, you motherfuckers!"

"Long ago... the men who stole my father's land forced these words upon us. I hated those men, but the words still bring me comfort. Those men lied to themselves and lied to us. They told stories of a God above and a Devil below. And lies of a dominion of man over beast and Earth. We are earth and beast, and god. We are woman and man. We are connected, you and I, to everything. [Pause] You will taste the sweet pain of death. We will make beautiful music together."

"– Sammie Moore"

"[to Pearline] You're beautiful... I just wanna taste you."

"I been workin' all week, Pop. Wanna be free of all this fo' a day."

"[opening narration] There are legends of people... born with the gift of makin' music so true... it can pierce the veil between life and death, conjurin' spirits from the past and the future. In ancient Ireland, they were called Filí. In Choctaw land, they call them Firekeepers. And in West Africa... they're called Griots. This gift can bring healing to their communities... but it also attracts evil."

"These ain't haints. They vampires."

"– Delta Slim"

"[Explaining to Sammie] Blues wasn't forced on us like that religion. Nah, son, we brought that with us from home. It's magic what we do. It's sacred... and big."

"Oh, we heard tale of a party."

"Jack O'Connell – Remmick"

"Listen here, this ain't no house party."

"[after shooting a looter and seeing the other trying to escape] FUCK you goin', nigga?! Bet this bullet'll beat you there!"

"The best part of me was him."

"Y'all ready to eat? Y'all ready to drink? Y'all ready to sweat till y'all stank?"

"I been all over this world. In cars. Ships. Trains. I seen men die in ways I didn't even know was possible. But I ain't never saw no roots, no demons… no ghosts, no magic. Just power. And only money can get you that."

"We 'bout to get it poppin' like fish grease, boy!"

"[to Stack] So you rob trains and banks but you can't steal this pussy for a night?"