Almost Famous Quotes

• "I am a golden god! "
• "I never said I was a golden god... or did I? "
• "I'm telling secrets to the one guy you don't tell secrets to. "
• "Let's deflower the kid. "
• "The only true currency in this bankrupt world... is what you share with someone else when you're uncool. "
• "Aw, man. You made friends with them. See, friendship is the booze they feed you. They want you to get drunk on feeling like you belong. "
• "They make you feel cool. And hey. I met you. You are not cool. "
• "That's because we're uncool. And while women will always be a problem for us, most of the great art in the world is about that very same problem. Good-looking people don't have any spine. Their art never lasts. They get the girls, but we're smarter."
• "Yeah, great art is about conflict and pain and guilt and longing and love disguised as sex, and sex disguised as love... and let's face it, you got a big head start. "
• "I always tell the girls, never take it seriously, if ya never take it seriosuly, ya never get hurt, ya never get hurt, ya always have fun, and if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit your friends."
• "And you can tell Rolling Stone magazine that my last words were... I'm on drugs! "
• "Sweet? Where do you get off? Where do you get sweet? I am dark and mysterious, and I am PISSED OFF! I could be very dangerous to all of you! And you should know that about me... I am THE ENEMY! "
• "Can you believe these new girls? None of them use birth control and they eat all the steak! "
• "Your mom kind of freaked me out. "
• "First it was butter then it was sugar and white flour, bacon, eggs, balogna, rock 'n roll, motorcycles. Then! It was celebrating Christmas on a day in September when you knew it wouldn't be commercialized! What else are you gonna ban? "
• "Honey, you want to rebel against knowledge, I'm trying to give you the cliffnotes on how to live life in this world. "
• "Darryl says that you use knowledge to keep me down. He says that I'm a "Yes" person and you are trying to raise us in a "No" environment. "
• "Well, clearly "No" is a word Darryl doesn't hear much."
• "I love you. And I'm about to boldly go where... many men have gone before. "
• ""Rock 'n' roll can save the world"? "The chicks are great"? I sound like a dick! "
• "Of course I'm home. I'm always home. I'm uncool. "
• "Rock stars have kidnapped my son! "
• "You CANNOT make friends with the rock stars. That's what's important. If you're a rock journalist - first, you will never get paid much. But you will get free records from the record company. And they'll buy you drinks, you'll meet girls, they'll try to fly you places for free, offer you drugs... I know. It sounds great. But they are not your friends. These are people who want you to write sanctimonious stories about the genius of the rock stars, and they will ruin rock and roll and strangle everything we love about it. "
• "Actually, *that* you can print! "
• "I work just as hard or harder than anybody on that stage. You know what I do? I connect. I get people off. I look for the guy who isn't getting off, and I make him get off. "
• ""That groupie"? She was a Band-Aid! All she did was love your band. And you used her, all of you! You used her and threw her away! She almost died last night while you were with Bob Dylan. You guys, you're always talking about the fans, the fans, the fans; she was your biggest fan, and you threw her away! And if you can't see that, that's your biggest problem. And I love her! I love her! "
• "He's not here. I think he's in the bar with the band. They just got back from the radio station. Is this Maryann with the pot?... Hello? "
• "No, this isn't Maryann with the pot. This is Elaine. His mother. Could you please give him a message? Could you tell him to call home immediately? And could you also tell him - I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. "
• " All right. But I'm just going to say this, and I'm going to stand by it: you should be really proud of him. 'Cause I know guys, and I'll bet you do too. And he respects women, and he likes women, and let's just pause and appreciate a man like that. You created him out of thin air, and you raised him right, and we're all looking out for him. He's doing a great job, and don't worry - he's still a virgin. And that's more than I've ever said to my own parents, so there you go... This is the maid speaking, by the way. "
• "Please don't give him any more acid. "
• "You, Aaron, are what it's all about. You're real. Your room is real. Your friends are real. Real, man, real. You know? Real. You're more important than all the silly machinery. Silly machinery. And you know it! In eleven years its going to be 1984, man. Think about that! "
• "They don't even know what it is to be a fan. Y'know? To truly love some silly little piece of music, or some band, so much that it hurts."
• "Just think, any other city and you'd still be a virgin. "
• "Look at this: an entire generation of Cinderellas and no glass slipper. "
• "From here on out, I am only interested in what is real. Real people, real feelings, that's it, that's all I'm interested in. "
• "Some people have a hard time explaining rock 'n' roll. I don't think anyone can really explain rock 'n' roll. Except Pete Townshend, but that's okay. Rock 'n' roll is a lifestyle and a way of thinking... and it's not about money and popularity. Although, some money would be nice. But it's a voice that says, "Here I am... and fuck you if you can't understand me." And one of these people is gonna save the world. And that means that rock 'n' roll can save the world... all of us together. And the chicks are great. But what it all comes down to is that thing. The indefinable thing when people catch something in your music. "
• "I didn't invent the rainy day, man. I just own the best umbrella. "
• "We are not Groupies. We are here because of the music, we inspire the music. We are Band Aids. "
• "The Doors? Jim Morrison? He's a drunken buffoon posing as a poet. "
• "She Changed everything. She was the one that said "No more sex. No more exploiting our bodies and hearts." Just blow-jobs, and that's it! "
• "Does anybody remember laughter? "
• "You wanna be Atticus Finch. Oh, that makes me feel so good. "
• "Honey, it's all about drugs and promiscuous sex. "
• "Yes it's poetry. It's the poetry of drugs and promiscuous sex. Look at the picture on the cover, they're on pot. "