Velvet Goldmine Quotes

Mandy Slade I knew it was over. I just didn't know it was up to me to make it stop.

Curt Wild Heroin used to be my main man. You could be my main man.

Curt Wild He thought he fucking was Maxwell Demon in the end – you know? And Maxwell Demon...he thought he was God.

Curt Wild See yourself on stage, inside-out. Tangled garlands in your hair. Of course, you are pleasantly surprised.

Mandy Slade Time, places, people,... they're all speeding up. So, to cope with this evolutionary paranoia, strange people are chosen who, through their art, can move progress more quickly.

Mandy Slade You all know me – subtlety’s my middle name. It’s as subtle as the piece of skin between my vagina and my anus – ooh la! la! Now what’s that called, I can never quite remember...No man’s land? Oh gosh – my guiche, dah-ling!

Curt Wild The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history. (Oscar Wilde - from the Picture of Dorian Gray)

Mandy Slade It's funny how beautiful people look when they're walking out the door.

Brian Slade I knew I should create a sensation, gasped the Rocket, and he went out. (Oscar Wilde - from the Remarkable Rocket)

Curt Wild Everyone’s into this scene because it’s supposedly the thing to do right now. But you just can’t fake being gay. You know, if you’re gonna claim that you’re gay you’re gonna have to make love in gay style, and most of these kids... just aren’t going to make it. That line, ‘Everybody’s bisexual’, that’s a very popular thing to say right now. Personally, I think it’s meaningless.

Arthur Stuart Softly, he said, "I will mangle your mind".