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[about Bob] He doesn't want a wife. He wants a love slave, one that he can kick around.

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Ritchie Valens: Bob! Watch it! My guitar, man! Bob Morales: Sorry. I didn't' know that piece of junk was so important to you. Ritchie Valens: I even sleep with it.

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Bob Morales: Don't be such a dreamer, man. Ritchie Valens: My dreams are pure rock and roll.

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Ritchie Valens: [in Tijuana] This is like my high school prom. Bob Morales: Yeah. Except this prom puts out.

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Connie Valenzuela: How could you do this to Ritchie?! Bob Morales: To Ritchie? I did this to me, okay! Rosie Morales: That's my Bob, always thinking of others first. Bob Morales: Shut your goddamn mouth! Ritchie Valens: Hey man, don't take it out on Rosie, okay. Bob Morales: Ritchie, you don't understand man. You don't understand a goddamn thing! [walking away] What do you think, the whole fuckin' world revolves around you?

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Bob Morales: I've had one sip of beer and I have to admit it taste like piss to me. Want it? Ritchie Valens: Yeah. [takes a sip then puts the beer down] What's your problem man? Bob Morales: Old Steve, boy. He always said you'd be somebody and I bought it, too. If that's the way Steve wanted it that's the way it was going to be. Even after he told me he wasn't my dad. Once I knew the full score, I understood why he treated you just a little bit better than me. Okay? I said it, you know. I said, I'll just hang around for the leftovers, like a dog. That's how much I loved him. Like a goddamn dog. Ritchie Valens: Bob we don't have to talk about this right now. Bob Morales: No! Shit, no, I want to talk about this right now and you're gonna listen to me! Ritchie Valens: This is a crock of shit man! Bob Morales: No, he set you up, man, to conquer the world and didn't leave me shit! Ritchie Valens: Nobody told you to throw your life away man! I'm only sorry I didn't say something about you be

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Bob Morales: Look Rosie, you're not my wife. Quit being such a drag. What the shit's eating you anyway? Rosie Morales: I'm pregnant. [long pause] Well aren't you gonna say anything? Bob Morales: What's there to say? It's not my first. Or my last.

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Bob Keene: Wait Ritchie, look. I understand about friendship... but I'm being honest here. Not everyone in the world gets a shot at the "brass ring." You're gonna have to ask yourself what's more important, your friends... or your music. Ritchie Valens: [Walks back to table] My family...

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Ritchie Valens: Bob. Where's mom's new dress? Bob Morales: What new dress? Ritchie Valens: The one I asked you to buy her for Christmas. Bob Morales: Hey, you're the asshole with all the money, why don't you buy it yourself?

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Hey, Ritchie, relax, man. Everything's cool. Besides, the sky belongs to the stars, right?