Raise Your Voice Quotes
A girl from a small town heads to the big city of Los Angeles to spend the summer at a performing arts high school.
Terri Fletcher: Hi! I'm sorry I came in, but I heard you playing and you're really good! I'm Terri.
[pause, no response from Sloane]
Terri Fletcher: Sorry to bother you. Your name?
Sloane: Sloane.
Terri Fletcher: I know we don't have any classes together, or anything, but I just thought I'd introduce myself.
Sloane: Oh... kay...
[pauses]
Terri Fletcher: Okay so there's this guy, right, and he's really nice and his name's Kiwi and he kind of has a crush on you. So we were wondering if you wanted to hang out with us on Saturday night.
Sloane: Kiwi is a weird name.
[pause, no response from Sloane]
Terri Fletcher: Sorry to bother you. Your name?
Sloane: Sloane.
Terri Fletcher: I know we don't have any classes together, or anything, but I just thought I'd introduce myself.
Sloane: Oh... kay...
[pauses]
Terri Fletcher: Okay so there's this guy, right, and he's really nice and his name's Kiwi and he kind of has a crush on you. So we were wondering if you wanted to hang out with us on Saturday night.
Sloane: Kiwi is a weird name.
Terri Fletcher: It's late and I'm tired and all I want to do is get up to my dorm, ok?
Jay Corgan: What's the password?
Terri Fletcher: Ok. I think we started off on the wrong foot. I'm Terri.
Jay Corgan: Jay.
[Jay opens the door]
Jay Corgan: It's "monkeys" by the way? the password.
Terri Fletcher: Mm-hmm.
Jay Corgan: What's the password?
Terri Fletcher: Ok. I think we started off on the wrong foot. I'm Terri.
Jay Corgan: Jay.
[Jay opens the door]
Jay Corgan: It's "monkeys" by the way? the password.
Terri Fletcher: Mm-hmm.
Terri Fletcher: Have you ever lost anyone?
Mr. Torvald: Yeah.
Terri Fletcher: I just can't let this go.
Mr. Torvald: Well, you're an artist and artists feel things differently than regular people. Look at Patsy Cline or Billie Holiday. You can hear it in their voice. Or, Vincent van Gogh. Cut off his ear, but hey, he could paint.
Terri Fletcher: Vincent van Gogh killed himself.
Mr. Torvald: That's right. That's a bad example. Hey, I'm a music teacher not a shrink. What do you want? I guess... what I'm trying to say is, artists convey emotion. They make an audience feel what they're feeling. You know, that's what it's all about, right? You just have to find a way to take what's in here
[Points to his head]
Mr. Torvald: and put it in here
[points to his heart]
Mr. Torvald: Yeah.
Terri Fletcher: I just can't let this go.
Mr. Torvald: Well, you're an artist and artists feel things differently than regular people. Look at Patsy Cline or Billie Holiday. You can hear it in their voice. Or, Vincent van Gogh. Cut off his ear, but hey, he could paint.
Terri Fletcher: Vincent van Gogh killed himself.
Mr. Torvald: That's right. That's a bad example. Hey, I'm a music teacher not a shrink. What do you want? I guess... what I'm trying to say is, artists convey emotion. They make an audience feel what they're feeling. You know, that's what it's all about, right? You just have to find a way to take what's in here
[Points to his head]
Mr. Torvald: and put it in here
[points to his heart]
Aunt Nina: I'm going to tell you something about your dad I don't think you know. He and his friend David, they both got football scholarships to UCLA. And when graduation came around, the family restaurant was doing well, but our parents weren't. And neither of us wanted to stay behind and take care of them, but Simon felt he had to. So David went to UCLA on the scholarship and your dad took over the restaurant. Well, David got caught up in the LA "scene," and... he's been messed up ever since. But I know that if your dad would have taken that scholarship, he would have made it right.
Terri Fletcher: What does this have to do with me?
Aunt Nina: I dunno... everything?
Terri Fletcher: What does this have to do with me?
Aunt Nina: I dunno... everything?
Jay Corgan: You're a serious weirdo, you know that?
Terri Fletcher: It isn't lucky unless it's face up.
Jay Corgan: But, now it's just a penny that thinks it's lucky but it isn't.
Terri Fletcher: Well, now it can be lucky for someone else. Besides haven't you ever heard of making your own luck?
[Jay looks at the penny and picks it up]
Jay Corgan: Well, what do you know? A lucky penny!
Terri Fletcher: It isn't lucky unless it's face up.
Jay Corgan: But, now it's just a penny that thinks it's lucky but it isn't.
Terri Fletcher: Well, now it can be lucky for someone else. Besides haven't you ever heard of making your own luck?
[Jay looks at the penny and picks it up]
Jay Corgan: Well, what do you know? A lucky penny!
Terri Fletcher: [Walking up to Kiwi and Jay talking, to Kiwi] You're in!
[walks away]
Engelbert 'Kiwi' Wilson: AH!
[With a french accent]
Engelbert 'Kiwi' Wilson: Ah you beautiful little petunia you. GAH!
[grabs his chest and pretends to faint very dramatically]
Engelbert 'Kiwi' Wilson: Ah sacre bleu!
Jay Corgan: [Catches Kiwi] I got ya man.
[walks away]
Engelbert 'Kiwi' Wilson: AH!
[With a french accent]
Engelbert 'Kiwi' Wilson: Ah you beautiful little petunia you. GAH!
[grabs his chest and pretends to faint very dramatically]
Engelbert 'Kiwi' Wilson: Ah sacre bleu!
Jay Corgan: [Catches Kiwi] I got ya man.
Terri Fletcher: We get along okay.
Paul Fletcher: Yeah that's what worried me. It's more than just getting along, Terri. You please them. You're like a Stepford Daughter out of a mail-order magazine.
Terri Fletcher: Is that... a form of flattery?
Paul Fletcher: After Dad slammed you on Bristol Hillman? You're not going to tell me that hurt?
Terri Fletcher: No, it totally hurt.
Paul Fletcher: Then make a scene! Break something! Scream! Just... something!
Terri Fletcher: Tantrums were never my thing.
Paul Fletcher: Look, Terri, you've got the best voice I've ever heard, but if you hang with the-world-according-to-Simon-Fletcher any longer, you're gonna be doing "Cats"at the Y, at 40. And that would suck.
Terri Fletcher: [laughs] Yeah, that would suck.
Paul Fletcher: Totally suck.
Paul Fletcher: Yeah that's what worried me. It's more than just getting along, Terri. You please them. You're like a Stepford Daughter out of a mail-order magazine.
Terri Fletcher: Is that... a form of flattery?
Paul Fletcher: After Dad slammed you on Bristol Hillman? You're not going to tell me that hurt?
Terri Fletcher: No, it totally hurt.
Paul Fletcher: Then make a scene! Break something! Scream! Just... something!
Terri Fletcher: Tantrums were never my thing.
Paul Fletcher: Look, Terri, you've got the best voice I've ever heard, but if you hang with the-world-according-to-Simon-Fletcher any longer, you're gonna be doing "Cats"at the Y, at 40. And that would suck.
Terri Fletcher: [laughs] Yeah, that would suck.
Paul Fletcher: Totally suck.
Mr. Torvald: Well, let me introduce you to one interesting, fascinating lady. Maybe you'll be inspired. I know we were.
Paul Fletcher: [on the DVD] Terri's my sister and she's my favorite person in the whole world. She likes challenge, she thrives when she's pushed, and the people who can do that, they don't live in Flagstaff. Terri deserves a chance to learn from the best. She's already good, but she could be great. Let her in, you won't be disappointed.
Paul Fletcher: [on the DVD] Terri's my sister and she's my favorite person in the whole world. She likes challenge, she thrives when she's pushed, and the people who can do that, they don't live in Flagstaff. Terri deserves a chance to learn from the best. She's already good, but she could be great. Let her in, you won't be disappointed.
