That's the Way of the World (1975)

Harvey Keitel: Coleman Buckmaster

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• Coleman Buckmaster : They're just gonna keep cranking out that same kind of garbage. Right now the idea is to have me produce fast-buck bubblegum shit. Then when they think the drug supplies are loosening up, then they tell me to produce some music for kids to freak out by.

  Amanda : You mean, like instant social remedies from the same wonderful people who gave us decadence?

  Coleman Buckmaster : Hmmm. I kinda like that.

• Coleman Buckmaster : Music is my life. It's important to me. It's important to people; I mean, if it's good, it can give people some hope and some relief from all the shit in this world. And it can make them feel good, even if it is only for a couple of minutes. And that's what I wanna do. And I'm gonna do it.

• Velour Page : To Janis, baby, wherever you are.

  Coleman Buckmaster : Did you know Janis?

  Velour Page : I saw her once. God, what an ugly bitch. On the outside, you know; on the inside, she was beautiful. She was me turned inside... out.

  Coleman Buckmaster : Sometimes... pretty pays the price.

• Velour Page : [reading a critic's review]  "Miss Page comes off as a walking, talking Kewpie doll carved out of maple sugar candy; too sweet for my taste." Do you know I did everything but crawl into this little faggot's pants?

  Coleman Buckmaster : What stopped you?