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"The Music Man" quotes

The Music Man poster
Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' band leader to raise money before he can skip town.

Director: Morton DaCosta
Writer: Meredith Willson, Franklin Lacey, Marion Hargrove
Production: N/A
Year: 1962
MetaScore: 76/100
ImdbRating: 7.8
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 19 Jun 1962
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 12 nominations total
I don't know about you - The Music Man 00:33 I don't know about you The librarian hasn't felt much like doing research lately - The Music Man 00:36 The librarian hasn't felt much like doing research... What would you know - The Music Man 00:24 What would you know It's Capulets like you make blood in the marketplace - The Music Man 00:12 It's Capulets like you make blood in the marketplace Takes a real salesman - The Music Man 00:21 Takes a real salesman You watch your phraseology - The Music Man 00:05 You watch your phraseology Do you think that I'd allow a common masher - The Music Man 00:28 Do you think that I'd allow a common masher Join us at the picnic - The Music Man 00:14 Join us at the picnic Not one poop out of you - The Music Man 00:10 Not one poop out of you Mr Shinn Your Honor your daughter and I are going steady behind your back - The Music Man 00:14 Mr Shinn Your Honor your daughter and I are going steady... Only it's a well known principle that if you keep the flint in one drawer - The Music Man 00:08 Only it's a well known principle that if you keep the... I always think there's a band - The Music Man 00:07 I always think there's a band I've got to leave word and I can see you ain't the one to leave it with - The Music Man 00:11 I've got to leave word and I can see you ain't the... And you've got none - The Music Man 00:15 And you've got none A lump of lead as cold as steel - The Music Man 00:26 A lump of lead as cold as steel But I won't like it - The Music Man 00:16 But I won't like it It's indecent to meet boys at the footbridge - The Music Man 00:16 It's indecent to meet boys at the footbridge Either you are closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge - The Music Man 00:14 Either you are closing your eyes to a situation you do not... For the first time in my life - The Music Man 00:18 For the first time in my life Mothers of River City - The Music Man 00:47 Mothers of River City For the virtue I'm too late to save - The Music Man 00:29 For the virtue I'm too late to save A man can't go back on his principles because personal risk is involved - The Music Man 00:24 A man can't go back on his principles because personal... So now I'm back at the old stand - The Music Man 00:12 So now I'm back at the old stand Never allow the demands of tomorrow - The Music Man 00:09 Never allow the demands of tomorrow What are you selling now - The Music Man 00:14 What are you selling now But I never heard it singing - The Music Man 00:25 But I never heard it singing What was my other mistake - The Music Man 00:17 What was my other mistake My feathered young my feathered fine - The Music Man 00:08 My feathered young my feathered fine Just crossed the state line into Iowa - The Music Man 00:23 Just crossed the state line into Iowa Not countin' the piano teachers like you he cozies up to - The Music Man 00:27 Not countin' the piano teachers like you he cozies up... Ye gods - The Music Man 00:10 Ye gods Pick a little talk a little - The Music Man 00:13 Pick a little talk a little The Think System - The Music Man 00:12 The Think System Great honk - The Music Man 00:03 Great honk All of the really great cornet players were Irish   O'Clark - The Music Man 00:25 All of the really great cornet players were Irish ... If I was a buttonhook in well water - The Music Man 00:07 If I was a buttonhook in well water This is where I work - The Music Man 00:17 This is where I work Oh this is a refined operation son - The Music Man 00:19 Oh this is a refined operation son He's slipperier'n a  Mississippi - The Music Man 00:12 He's slipperier'n a Mississippi They were followed by rows and rows of the finest virtuosos - The Music Man 00:19 They were followed by rows and rows of the finest virtuosos I'm Ethel Tofflemier - The Music Man 00:08 I'm Ethel Tofflemier I'm having a party on Saturday - The Music Man 00:26 I'm having a party on Saturday It is if you wanna go around in your drawers all day - The Music Man 00:08 It is if you wanna go around in your drawers all day This automatically turns your entire face into an amazing embouchure - The Music Man 00:19 This automatically turns your entire face into an amazing... Could you kindly direct me - The Music Man 00:10 Could you kindly direct me Oh please let it be for me - The Music Man 00:09 Oh please let it be for me Not on your tintype - The Music Man 00:06 Not on your tintype He wouldn't talk about her if she didn't try turkey talking to him - The Music Man 00:07 He wouldn't talk about her if she didn't try... You've a gift of the blarney about you no mistaking that - The Music Man 00:13 You've a gift of the blarney about you no mistaking... The one thing one must remember - The Music Man 00:23 The one thing one must remember May one call upon you some evening - The Music Man 00:16 May one call upon you some evening I'll settle your hash - The Music Man 00:06 I'll settle your hash By that time my fine young feathered - The Music Man 00:18 By that time my fine young feathered Your knees bend and all - The Music Man 00:15 Your knees bend and all

Cast

Harold Hill - Robert Preston
Marian Paroo - Shirley Jones
Marcellus Washburn - Buddy Hackett
Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn - Hermione Gingold
Mayor George Shinn - Paul Ford