Syncopation (1942)

Todd Duncan: Rex Tearbone

Quotes 

• Rex Tearbone : We're gonna hit that open road. There must be some spot around here where they still like it hot. Where a man don't have to beat his brains out on a set routine of music. Where a man can play just what he feels. And don't it say in the good book, "Seek and ye shall find"? Well, we're gonna start seeking.

• Johnny Schumacher : Say, you fellas are terrific. I never heard anything like it before.

  Rex Tearbone : You just ain't been to the right place, boy. Stick around, we don't get warmed up until after midnight.

  Johnny Schumacher : Is that a special kind of cornet you use? Mine looks the same, but I can't get anything out of it like that.

• Rex Tearbone : Grab a chair, we'll show you how it's done.

  Johnny Schumacher : You mean I can sit in?

  Rex Tearbone : You can't learn this music with no book, soldier. Luke, toss him that brand-new horn.

  Johnny Schumacher : Gee.