Memorable Quotes from Robert Greig
1 quoteTiming and Payment in Music Performance
Mrs. Rittenhouse
You are one of the musicians, but you were not due until tomorrow.
Ravelli
Couldn't come tomorrow, that's too quick.
Spaulding
Say, you're lucky he didn't come yesterday.
Ravelli
We were busy yesterday. But we charge just the same.
Spaulding
This is better than exploring. What do you fellas get an hour?
Ravelli
Oh, for playing, we get ten dollars an hour.
Spaulding
I see. What do you get for not playing?
Ravelli
Twelve dollars an hour.
Spaulding
Well, clip me off a piece of that.
Ravelli
Now for rehearsing, we make special rate: that's'a fifteen dollars an hour.
Spaulding
That's for rehearsing?
Ravelli
That's for rehearsing.
Spaulding
And what do you get for not rehearsing?
Ravelli
You couldn't afford it. You see, if we don't rehearse, we don't play. And if we don't play , that runs into money.
[snaps fingers]
Spaulding
How much would you want to run into an open manhole?
Ravelli
Just the cover charge.
[Laughs with Mrs. Rittenhouse.]
Spaulding
Well, drop in some time.
Ravelli
Sewer.
Spaulding
Well, we cleaned that up pretty well.
Ravelli
Well, let's see how we stand.
Spaulding
Flat-footed.
Ravelli
Yesterday, we didn't come. You remember, yesterday, we didn't come.
[to Mrs. Rittenhouse]
Spaulding
Oh, I remember.
Ravelli
Yeah, that's three hundred dollars.
Spaulding
Yesterday, you didn't come, that's three hundred dollars.
Ravelli
Yes, that's three hundred dollars.
Spaulding
Well, that's reasonable, I can see that all right.
Ravelli
Now today, we did come. That's, uh...
Spaulding
That's a hundred you owe us.
Ravelli
Hey, I bet I'm gonna lose on the deal. Tomorrow, we leave. That's worth about...
Spaulding
A million dollars.
Ravelli
Yeah, that's all right for me, but I gotta partner.
Spaulding
A partner?!
Hives
The Professor!
[announcing]
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