Scott Joplin (1977)
Billy Dee Williams: Scott Joplin
Quotes
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Belle : I was remembering the time we said we'd marry. Does it embarass you so much to talk about it?
Scott Joplin : Ultimately, you'll see that I was wise not to talk about it.
Belle : You needn't stop talking altogether, you know. I've been made love to before. I know a lot about love. But it wasn't the same with them as it was with you. With you I felt soft and sorry inside. No matter how much you rejected me, I could stand it. Not anymore.
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John Stark : You were overpowered by the extravagance of sound, the sheer weight of volume. Your music was never meant to compete at that level. It was just never heard.
Scott Joplin : Well, it will be heard! If volume is what they want, volume is what they'll get!
John Stark : What are you talking about?
Scott Joplin : I'm going to write an opera.
John Stark : An opera?
Scott Joplin : An opera in ragtime. A ragtime opera.
John Stark : Why?
Scott Joplin : Because it is right!
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Scott Joplin : 'I got those old Monday blues, those hang-over Sunday blues... '
Chauvin : Jelly Roll Morton.
Scott Joplin : 'If it wasn't for my baby, I'd go crazy from all those wrong things I choose... '
Chauvin : You'd play that stuff. You'd play that stuff for the girls.
Scott Joplin : I sure remember him.
Chauvin : Yeah... 'Let me tell you about that gal of mine, together we seen some very hard times. But a shot of that old gin, my friend, would start us rolling again... '
Scott Joplin : [singing together] 'I don't mind those Monday blues, homes I got the cure, I can't lose. Playing with my heart driven' forward, made me forget all the blues.'
Chauvin : 'I don't mind those Monday blues, homes I got the cure, I can't lose. Playing with my heart driven' forward, made me forget all the blues.'
