Mo' Better Blues

"I may have been born yesterday, but I stayed up all night."

"I want more money. Okay? I'm not happy. When I'm not happy, I don't play good. When I don't play good, the music doesn't sound good. If the music doesn't sound good, nobody comes. We all lose our money."

"Because mo better makes it mo better."

"Everybody's a teacher. People can teach you two things, what to do and what not to do."

"You always avoid direct eye contact, you know that? Are you afraid of something? Are you afraid that I might see the real you? Huh? Answer me. Come on, answer me."

"Ugly woman easy to get along with. They don't want no trouble. You can tell an ugly woman anything, can't you? Hey, bitch, I'm going to the moon. I'll be back in a couple of days. "Well, you be careful. I don't want nothin' to happen to you now, cause you know I - cause I love you. Oh, I love you. Please don't call me a bitch in front of the kids." All right, whore, I'll be back in a couple of days. Goddamn."

"I'm from Mississippi and I love it! I like bein' country. I ain't lyin'. Ain't nothin' like a good country lady. Yeah, a girl the other day, I was messin' around with her breast. She got hot. She said, "Oh, wouldn't you like something to go with this good ol' breast milk?" I said, "A good piece of cornbread would go just fine.""

"There's some good-lookin' women in here and some good-lookin' fellas. How you doin', sir? I'm a trisexual. I'll try your little ass tonight."

"I like women with big asses. Why do brothers drive Cadillacs? Cause you can't get all that ass in a Volkswagen. The first thing they be sayin', "Kiss my ass." Some ugly women in here, too, tonight. How you doin'? I didn't - when I said ugly, I was lookin' at your ass."

"I ain't lyin'. I'm lookin' for a woman. Cause I'm horny enough to fuck the crack of dawn."

"Trust. You can't buy trust, right? l trust my mother - sometimes."

"A Spike Lee joint."

"Denzel Washington - Bleek Gilliam"

"Spike Lee - "Giant""

"Wesley Snipes - Shadow Henderson"

"Joie Lee - Indigo Downes"

"Cynda Williams - Clarke Bentancourt"

"Giancarlo Esposit - Left Hand Lacey"

"Bill Nunn - Bottom Hammer"

"Jeff "Tain" Watts - Rhythm Jones"

"Dick Anthony Williams - Big Stop Williams"

"John Turturro - Moe Flatbush"

"Nicholas Turturro - Josh Flatbush"

"Robin Harris - Butterbean Jones"

"Samuel L. Jackson - Madlock"

"Leonard L. Thomas - Rod"

"Charlie Murphy - Eggy"

"Coati Mundi - Roberto"