The Piano Lesson Quotes

Boy Willie: "Uncle Doaker tell me your mama got you playing that piano." (1.1.208)

Doaker: "Berniece ain't gonna sell that piano." (1.1.100)

Doaker: "Some white fellow was going around to all the colored people's houses looking to buy up musical instruments." (1.1.112)

Boy Willie: (Sings) "O Lord Berta Berta O Lord gal oh-ah/O Lord Berta Berta O Lord gal well" (1.2.95)

Boy Willie: "The Ghosts of the Yellow Dog got Sutter." (1.1.39)

Berniece: "[The Sheriff] might be looking for [Lymon] about that truck. He might have stole that truck. […]" Doaker: "Now they might have stole them watermelons, but I don't believe they stol...

Avery: "The train stopped and these three hobos got off. They told me they had come from Nazareth and was on their way to Jerusalem." (1.1.255)

Boy Willie: "All [Lymon] want to talk about is women. […] Talking about all the women he gonna get when he get up here." (1.1.94)