- Jenny Garrison: There are some things success is not. It's not fame. It's not money or power. Success is waking up in the morning so excited about what you have to do that you literally fly out the door. It's getting to work with people you love. Success is connecting with the world and making people feel. It's finding a way to bind together people who have nothing in common but a dream. It's falling asleep at night knowing you did the best job you could. Success is joy and freedom and friendship. And success is love.
- Mr. James Dowd: Everything you're ashamed of, all the parts of yourself that you keep secret, everything you want to change about yourself - it's who you are. That's your power. Deny it and you're nothing.
- Malik Washburn: [from trailer] Mom, I'm talented!
- Malik's Mom: And who in the world told you you were so special?
- Malik Washburn: You did.
- Malik Washburn: I have talent. I AM special.
- Malik's Mom: And who on Earth told you that?
- Malik Washburn: You did.
- Joy: First you spurn me for Eddie,Then you throw him off like an old overcoat for Rocky!
- Joy: You chew people up, and then you spit them out again!
- Joy: I loved you, you hear me I loved you, and what did it get me?
- Joy: I'll tell you a big nothing, you're like a sponge you take, take, take, and drain others of their love, and devotion!
- Joy: Well I've had enough, you've got to choose between me, and Rocky, so named because of the rocks in his head!
- Marco: She's hot, but she thinks she's like the most talented person in the school.
- Victor Tavares: So maybe she is.