Elwood Blues: What kind of music do you usually have here?
Claire: Oh, we got both kinds. We got country *and* western.
Police Dispatcher: Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension
of the Blues Brothers HAS been approved.
Burton Mercer: Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange
whip? Three orange whips!
Elwood Blues: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full
tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're
wearing sunglasses. Jake Blues: Hit it!
Elwood Blues: I bet these cops got SCMODS. 'Joliet' Jake Blues:
SCMODS? Elwood Blues: State County Municipal Offender Data
System.
Maury Sline: Five thousand dollars. Who do you guys think
you are, The Beatles?
Jake Blues: That Night Train's a mean wine.
Elwood Blues: You want I should wipe the dead bugs off the
windshield, ma'am?
The Cheese Whiz: You got my Cheez Wiz, boy?
Jake Blues: Ya see, me and the Lord have an understanding.
Cab Calloway: Boys, you got to learn not to talk to nuns that
way.
Elwood Blues: Illinois Nazis. Jake Blues: I hate Illinois
Nazis. -
Elwood Blues: The light was yellow, sir.
[Jake Blues is released on parole and gets back all the things
he wore when he was arrested.] Corrections Officer: One Timex
digital watch, broken. One unused prophylactic. One soiled.
Reverend Cleophus James: Praise God! Elwood: And God bless
the United States of America!
Jake Blues: How often does the train go by? Elwood Blues:
So often you don't even notice it.
Elwood: Oh no! Jake: What the fuck was that? Elwood: We threw
a rod! Jake: Is that serious? Elwood: Yup.
Donald 'Duck' Dunn: We had a band powerful enough to turn
goat piss into gasoline.
Jake Blues: How much for the little girl? Your women - how
much for the women?
Mrs. Tarantino: Are you the police? Elwood Blues: No, ma'am.
We're musicians.
Jake Blues: I ran out of gas! I got a flat tire! I didn't
have change for cab fare! I lost my tux at the cleaners! I
locked my keys in the car! An old friend came in from out
of town! Someone stole my car! There was an earthquake! A
terrible flood! Locusts! IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!
Jake Blues: You were outside, I was inside. You were supposed
to keep in touch with the band. I kept asking you if we were
gonna play again. Elwood Blues: What was I gonna do? Take
away your only hope? Take away the very thing that kept you
going in there? I took the liberty of bullshitting you.
Elwood Blues: Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, don't fail
us now!
Jake Blues: First you trade the Cadillac for a microphone.
Then you lie to me about the band. Now you're gonna put me
right back in the joint! Elwood Blues: They're not gonna catch
us. We're on a mission from God!
[While they are driving around in the shopping mall with 2
police cars on their tail] Elwood Blues: Baby clothes... Jake
Blues: This place has got everything.
[Repeated line] Elwood Blues: We're on a mission from God.
Murph: Tell me a little about this electric piano, Ray. Ray:
Ah, you have a good eye, my man. That's the best in the city
Chicago. Jake Blues: How much? Ray: 2000 bucks and it's yours.
You can take it home with you. As a matter of fact, I'll throw
in the black keys for free.
