Buddy Holly Quotes in La Bamba (1987)

Buddy Holly: The sky belongs to the stars.

[last lines]

Buddy Holly: Thank you, Clearlake! C'mon... we love you, we'll see you next year.

[first lines]

Buddy Holly: Hey, Riley, we're all plugged in and checked up... yeah, we're ready.

Buddy Holly: [to Ray Bob] Riley wants to hear you at the mike - that's the one right there; say somethin' into that mike.

Ray Bob Simmons: One, two, three, testing... one...

Buddy Holly: [to Riley] How's that sound?

Riley Randolph: All right, that's a good level, Buddy, hold it right there... Yeah, you better get ready, it's about thirty seconds till eight.

Buddy Holly: Boo!

Maria Elena Holly: Oh you scared me half to death!

Buddy Holly: Where're ya goin?

Maria Elena Holly: I'm working

Buddy Holly: Have you been getting anything special in the mail lately?

Maria Elena Holly: Yes and I don't mean to be rude Buddy but I just don't want to encourage you.

Buddy Holly: Why not?

Maria Elena Holly: There's no point going into it, just take my word. I think you're very sweet and thank you for the roses but now you're about to ask me out and I...

Buddy Holly: Wait, just wait a minute, just wait a minute, let me explain one thing to you. I have never, ever chased after a girl before in my life and it feels funny to me. Now if you're not gonna go out with me I wanna know why. You do like me don't you?

Maria Elena Holly: Yeah, I'm fond of you.

Buddy Holly: Well then what's the hold up?

Maria Elena Holly: My aunt.

Buddy Holly: Your aunt? Mrs Santiago in the publishing department? She doesn't even know me!

Maria Elena Holly: It doesn't matter. You are a musician. And under no circumstances am I allowed to go out with a musician. I'm sorry.

Buddy Holly: Well let me go talk to her.

Maria Elena Holly: It won't do any good. That's not her only objection and you know it.

Buddy Holly: Well what is the other objection?

Maria Elena Holly: I'm Puerto Rican. And you're, you're not.

Buddy Holly: So I'll change my name to Chihuahua

Maria Elena Holly: My aunt is very concious of these things.

Buddy Holly: Are you kidding me with this stuff about your aunt? You're not kidding? Maria I just went through this, with people who said a white act couldn't play with a coloured tour, we got along fine, we're still get along. I don't even know where Puerto Rico is. I've gotta go back there, we'll finish this later ok?

Jesse: What do you want to do, Buddy?

Buddy Holly: Do you like that? Wait 'til you hear this one. Let's do Ollie Vee.

Ray Bob Simmons: I don't think we'd better, Buddy.

Jesse: It's for the boppers...

Buddy Holly: Hey, Ollie Vee.

Ray Bob Simmons: Buddy, I don't think we'd better!

Buddy Holly: A.

Buddy Holly: [to the crowd] We'd like to do this one for the boppers. For those of you who BOP!

Maria Elena Holly: Te quiero.

Buddy Holly: Eh?

Maria Elena Holly: Did you hear me?

Buddy Holly: No.

Maria Elena Holly: I said 'Te quiero'.

Buddy Holly: Te quiero?

Maria Elena Holly: Porque tu tienes la maneras del amor verdadero.

Buddy Holly: What does that mean?

Maria Elena Holly: I said, 'I love you because you have true love ways.'

Buddy Holly: True love ways... That's really pretty

Buddy Holly: [after playing a song for a crowd] Whoo! Gave my heartbeat a little skip, y'all.

Vincent: I'll have the Douglas Sirk steak, and a vanilla Coke.

Buddy Holly: How would you like that? Burnt to a crisp or bloody as hell?

Vincent: Bloody as hell.