So if I'm not *black* enough and if I'm not *white* enough, then tell me, Tony, what am I?
Read more Dr. Donald Shirley QuotesFrom: Green Book
Yes, I live in a castle, Tony! Alone. And rich white people pay me to play piano for them because it makes them feel cultured. But as soon as I step off that stage, I go right back to being just another nigger to them. Because that is their true culture. And I suffer that slight alone, because I'm not accepted by my own people 'cause I'm not like them, either. So, if I'm not black enough and if I'm not white enough and if I'm not man enough, then tell me, Tony, what am I?
Louie Venere : I got to admit... Lip's letters? They're not bad.Rudy Vallelonga : Well, it's in the family. They say our great-great-great-grandfather helped Da Vinci with the Sixteen Chapel.Johnny Venere : You mean Michaelangelo.Rudy Vallelonga : ...Right.Johnny Venere : What does Michaelangelo have to do with writing letters?Rudy Vallelonga : I'm just sayin'. We're an arty family.
Mmm. I think this is the best Kentucky Fried Chicken I ever had. But I guess it's fresher down here, right?