Pa Cox Quotes in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

Preacher: [referring to Dewey's song] You think we don't know what you're talking about when you say "take my hand"?

Dewey Cox: What do you mean? It's about holding hands.

Pa Cox: You watch your mouth.

Preacher: You know who's got hands? The devil. And he uses them for holding.

Pa Cox: I'm sorry, Dewey. I just never realized until just this moment how easy it is to cut someone in half with a machete.

Dewey Cox: It is, right?

Pa Cox: You're not half the boy Nate was. You're not even half the boy that the top half of Nate was after you cut him in half.

Dewey - Age 8: So you're saying I'm less than a quarter of the boy Nate was?

Dewey Cox: What happened?

Pa Cox: I'll tell you what happened. We were readying for bed when your song comes on the radio.

[the scene switches to the Cox's house with "Walk Hard" playing on the radio]

Ma Cox: It's Dewey! Your son is talented. You should be proud.

Pa Cox: Well, I must admit, it is kind of... catchy.

Ma Cox: Dance with me Pa.

[the two begin dancing]

Pa Cox: It does make you kind of want to move, doesn't it?

Ma Cox: It sure does.

Pa Cox: Maybe I have been kind of hard on little Dewey.

Ma Cox: Maybe you have.

[Pa twists Ma, accidentally causing her to lose her balance and fall out the window]

Pa Cox: You alright, ma?

Ma Cox: I'm alright!

[the radio falls out of the window and hits Ma in the head, killing her]

Dewey Cox: [starting to cry] She lost her balance... and fell out the window... and then the radio crushed her head?

Pa Cox: While she was dancing to your song. I thought you should know what your music does. It kills people. You made her happy, and it killed her. If Nate was alive this never would've happened.

[Pa begins to leave. As he turns the hall, he comes back around]

Pa Cox: Wrong kid died!

[singing while moving hay]

Pa Cox: The wrong kid died / The wrong kid died...

[while Dewey's in and out of conscience in rehab]

Pa Cox: Dewey, I don't know if you can hear me in there... but the wrong kid died!