- Wayne: [Wayne has goaded Deke into singing at the Buckhorn Tavern... Deke sings to keep peace, he turns to Wayne after he's finished] Well, you ain't bad, sideburns.
- Jimmy Tompkins: Now tell me what it is you do for a living.
- Wayne: I work with my old man in auto accessories, why?
- Jimmy Tompkins: Well, I usually get paid for singin' as a rule. And I figure you oughta do whatever it is you do for me. So how 'bout steppin' outside and puttin' a new set of seatcovers on my car, huh?
- Wayne: Why sure, sideburns! What color you want?
- [turns to the people at his table]
- Wayne: I figure his color's yellow, don't you?
- [Deke pulls Wayne out of his seat and starts viciously beating him]
- Frank: [on the phone] Get the police, quickly!
- [Deke and Wayne continue until Deke wins by a knockout]
- Jimmy Tompkins: It's not my future you care about, it's your's. It's what I can do for you. You don't care about me, or about Tex, or about anybody but yourself.
- Glenda Markle: You've got fifteen minutes to get on that stage and find out if you've even got a future.
- Wayne: [Wayne is trying to persuade Deke to sing at the Buckhorn tavern after being politely refused] Now I told my girl I could get you to sing! A man can't go back on his word, can he, fella?
- Skeeter: [stands up] Look, maybe you didn't hear me... "fella", but Mr. Rivers doesn't sing in juke joints. So how about going back over there and drink your malted, huh?
- Frank: [Wayne shoves Skeeter to the floor, girls gasp] Hey, are these music people causing some trouble here?
- Jimmy Tompkins: [rushing up] There's no trouble, sir. You mind if I sing a song with these people here?
- Frank: Well, uh...
- Wayne: [interrupting] No, he don't mind!
- [menacingly]
- Wayne: Or do you Frank?
- Frank: [stammering] No... I don't... mind.
- [Deke sings "Mean Woman Blues"]
- Walter 'Tex' Warner: One more chorus and the girls'll be throwing things at him...
- Glenda Markle: Yeah - Their hotel keys!
- Glenda Markle: One thing I didn't lie to you about is your future - It's waiting for you on that stage in Freegate. Now you've got 15 minutes to get on that stage and find out if you've even got a future!
- Jimmy Tompkins: [singing] If-a you don't call me, baby, then I'm never coming home.
- Rowdy girl at concert: What's your number, honey, I'll call ya.