IVAN (Jimmy Cliff): Tell me this, man. You know the way to Milk Lane?
PUSHCART BOY (Volair Johnson): "You have money? If you have money, go anywhere at all. But if you don't have money, you're f*cked. Better you stay at home."

MOTHER (Lucia White): "And you didn't even bring me a mango from country?"
IVAN: "Mango season was bad this year."

IVAN: "What's showing at the Rialto?"
JOSE (Carl Bradshaw): "What you know about Rialto, you just come from country?"
IVAN: "I read 'bout it, man."

JOSE: "Him think hero can't die 'til the last reel."

LONGA (Elijah Chambers): "Hey Pretty Boy. Pretty hat. Johnny Too Bad. Bring me the hammer."

IVAN: "Don't. F*ck. With. Me."

MAGISTRATE: "Eight strokes of the tamarind switch."

IVAN: "What's the meaning of this, sir?"
HILTON (Bob Charlton): "That means you get $20 for the record."
IVAN: "Twenty dollars, sir? That don't sound right."
HILTON: "How much do you think it's worth, then?"
IVAN: "I don't really know, you know, sir."
HILTON: "Come on, you must have an idea. What do you think it's worth?"
IVAN: "Well, I think at least $200, you know, sir." [Laughter from the back of the room.] I don't think I'm singing this for $20, sir."
HILTON: (Mutters) "I wish you luck."

DJ (Don Topping): "You know this is show business, baby. No business, no show."

HILTON: "I make the hits, not the public. I tell the DJs what to play."

JOSE: "You're lucky you're makin' a living. When I know you, down by your ass, now you got Honda park up outside."

IVAN: "All right... see ya later... ta-ta!"

DRUNK (Aston "Bam" Winter): "Wait... what happen, sir? Oh, you have gun... and you have got on no pants."

ELSA (Janet Bartley): "Where are you going now? Where are you going to hide?"
IVAN: "Hide? I not hidin'."
ELSA: "But everybody will be looking for you."
IVAN: "You didn't believe me. Didn't I tell you I was going to be famous one day?"
ELSA: "You're mad."
IVAN: "Tell Pedro to meet me tonight. He will know where. Tell him to bring some money and extra bullets. Tell him I want to find Jose."
ELSA: "What do you want to see Jose for?"
IVAN: "Read about that tomorrow."

DJ: "Hey, good evening everybody, welcome to the Big T Show, back in my home where the sweet soul sisters roam, my mojo workin' and my soul sorta cookin' and smokin.'"

DET. RAY JONES (Winston Stona): "As of this week, no more ganja come into this town, you hear me? Not a stick, not a spliff, not even a puff."

ELSA: "Every game I play I lose."

IVAN: "All right... don't worry with the army business. One man just come out. Who's the bad man? Who can draw? Come on out, one who can draw. One who can draw, just come out... send out one bad man."

Compiled by Richard Harland Smith