Memorable Quotes from Chris Thomas King
1 quoteA Meeting at the Crossroads
Everett
How you doin', son? My name's Everett. These two soggy sons of bitches are Pete and Delmar. Keep your fingers away from Pete's mouth; he ain't had nothing to eat for 13 years, except prison food, gopher, and a little greasy horse.
Tommy Johnson
Thanks for the lift, sir. My name's Tommy. Tommy Johnson.
Delmar
How you doin', Tommy? Say, I haven't seen a house out here for miles. What are you doing out in the middle of nowhere?
Tommy Johnson
Well, I had to be up at that there crossroads last midnight, to sell my soul to the devil.
Everett
Well, ain't it a small world, spiritually speaking. Pete and Delmar just been baptized and saved. I guess I'm the only one that remains unaffiliated.
Delmar
This ain't no laughing matter, Everett.
Everett
What'd the devil give you for your soul, Tommy?
Tommy Johnson
Well, he taught me to play this here guitar real good.
Delmar
Oh, son. For that, you traded your everlasting soul?
Tommy Johnson
Well, I wasn't usin it.
[shrugs]
Pete
I've always wondered, what's the devil look like?
Everett
Well, of course there are all manner of lesser imps and demons, Pete, but the great Satan hisself is red and scaly with a bifurcated tail, and he carries a hay fork.
Tommy Johnson
Oh, no. No, sir. He's white, as white as you folks, with empty eyes and a big hollow voice. He loves to travel around with a mean old hound. That's right.
Pete
And he told you to go to Tishomingo?
Tommy Johnson
Well, no, sir, that was my idea. I heard there's a man down there. He pays folks money to sing into his can. They say he pays extra if you play real good.
Everett
Tishomingo, huh? How much he pay?
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