Jeff Bebe Quotes in Almost Famous (2000)

Russell Hammond: If something should happen... maybe I never said this enough. I love all of you.

Dennis Hope: I once hit a man in Dearborn, Michigan. A hit and run. I hit him and just kept on going. I don't know if he's alive or dead... but I'm sorry. Not a day goes by I don't see his face.

Leslie: Oh my God!

Dick Roswell: Look, I love you all too. You're like a family to me. Especially since Marna left me. And listen, fellas... I just want you to know, if I took an extra dollar or two here and there... it's because I knew I'd earned it.

Russell Hammond: Yeah. I slept with Marna, Dick.

Jeff Bebe: I did too.

Larry Fellows: I waited until you broke up with her, Dick. But me too.

Jeff Bebe: [to Russell] I also slept with Leslie, when you were fighting.

Russell Hammond: [to Leslie] You slept with Jeff?

Leslie: Yeah, but it didn't count. It was the summer we decided to be free of all rules.

Russell Hammond: [to Jeff] And you say you love me!

Jeff Bebe: I don't love you, man. I never did. None of us love you. You act above us. You always have.

Larry Fellows: Finally, the truth.

Jeff Bebe: You just held it over us, like you might leave. Like we're lucky to be with you. And we had to live with it, man. I had to live with you, and now I might die with you, and it's not fucking fair!

Russell Hammond: Please, enough!

Jeff Bebe: And I'm still in love with you, Leslie.

Leslie: Oh, I don't wanna hear any more. Shut up, Jeffrey!

Dick Roswell: It's all happening.

Russell Hammond: What the fuck! Whatever happens, Bebe, you're dead.

Jeff Bebe: Don't be self-righteous, Russell. Not now, man. You were sleeping with Penny, that fucking groupie, last summer up until yesterday. Why don't you tell Leslie that?

Russell Hammond: Shut up!

Dennis Hope: I quit!

Russell Hammond: I'm gonna kill you!

Dennis Hope: I quit!

William Miller: "That groupie"? She was a Band-Aid! All she did was love your band. And you used her, all of you! You used her and threw her away! She almost died last night while you were with Bob Dylan. You guys, you're always talking about the fans, the fans, the fans; she was your biggest fan, and you threw her away! And if you can't see that, that's your biggest problem. And I love her! I love her!

Jeff Bebe: Some people have a hard time explaining rock 'n' roll. I don't think anyone can really explain rock 'n' roll. Maybe Pete Townshend, but that's okay. Rock 'n' roll is a lifestyle and a way of thinking... and it's not about money and popularity. Although, some money would be nice. But it's a voice that says, "Here I am... and fuck you if you can't understand me." And one of these people is gonna save the world. And that means that rock 'n' roll can save the world... all of us together. And the chicks are great. But what it all comes down to is that thing. The indefinable thing when people catch something in your music.

Jeff Bebe: Is it that hard to make us look cool?

Jeff Bebe: It's okay! I'm easy to forget! Just leave me behind! I'm only the fucking lead singer!

Jeff Bebe: "Rock 'n' roll can save the world"? "The chicks are great"? I sound like a dick!

Russell Hammond: [to himself] You are a dick.

William Miller: [on meeting Stillwater] Russell. Jeff. Ed. Larry. I really love your band. I think the song "Fever Dog" is a big step forward for you guys. I think you guys producing it yourselves, instead of Glyn Johns, was the right thing to do. And the guitar sound... is incindiary. Incendiary. Way to go.

[He turns to leave. The band members regard one another for a moment]

Russell Hammond: Well, don't stop there!

Jeff Bebe: Yeah, come back here! I'm incendiary, too, man!

Jeff Bebe: [to Russell] Your looks have become a problem!

Jeff Bebe: We have got to control what's happening! There's a responsibility here.

Russell Hammond: Excuse me, but didn't we all get into this to avoid responsibility?

Jeff Bebe: It's like you saying you like "Fever Dog" - *That* is the fucking buzz!

Jeff Bebe: I can't say anymore with the writer here.

Russell Hammond: No, no, no. You can trust him, you can say whatever you want.

Jeff Bebe: I work just as hard or harder than anybody on that stage. You know what I do? I connect. I get people off. I look for the guy who isn't getting off, and I make him get off.

Jeff Bebe: [to William] Actually, *that* you can print!

Jeff Bebe: Doris is the soul of this band!

[Regarding the t-shirt picture]

Russell Hammond: Can we just skip the vibe, and go straight to us laughing about this?

Jeff Bebe: Yeah, okay.

Russell Hammond: Because I can see by your face you want to get into it.

Jeff Bebe: How can you tell? I'm just one of the out-of-focus guys.

Jeff Bebe: He was never a person, he was a journalist!

Jeff Bebe: And I also slept with Leslie.

Russell Hammond: You slept with Jeff?

Leslie: Yeah, but it didn't COUNT! It was the summer we decided to be free of all rules!

Russell Hammond: I slept with Marna, Dick.

Jeff Bebe: I did too.

Larry Fellows: I waited until you broke up with her, but me too.