Two Trains Running
The character that said, "You believe in luck? I was born with it. I was born with seven cents. My mama swallowed a nickel and two pennies and I come out with the nickel in one hand and the two pennies in the other. They say I was born with luck but they didn't say what kind. I think it was bad luck. What you think?" to Wolf
Who is Sterling?
The character that tells the others, "Whichever way you decide to go, they got a railroad that will take you there."
Who is Doaker Charles?
The character that gets fed up and yells, “Don't you think I ever wanted other things? Don't you think I had dreams and hopes? What about my life? What about me. Don't you think it ever crossed my mind to want to know other men? That I wanted to lay up somewhere and forget about my responsibilities? That I wanted someone to make me laugh so I could feel good? You not the only one who's got wants and needs. But I held on to you"
Who is Rose?
The character that goes with flow so much that they calmly say, "I just play the piece. Whatever they want. I don’t go talking about art and criticizing other people’s music."
Who is Cutler?
The character that understands to focus on these key points, "No overcharging, keep your car clean, no drinking, and be courteous."
Who is Becker?
Risa does this for a living, at this particular establishment.
What is Waitress at Lee's?
The character that advice tends to be along these lines, "The colored man can't fix nothing with the law"
Who is Wining Boy?
The character that angrily explains, “Don't you try and go through life worrying about if somebody like you or not. You best be making sure they doing right by you.”
Who is Troy?
The character that is so focused on the money that continuously says, "Come on, let's rehearse the music... Don't make no difference. Long as we get paid"
Who is Slow Drag?
This character decides to go another route by explaining, "...to deal with the world in ways that you [Becker] wanted to and couldn’t or didn’t or wished you had."
Who is Booster?
The character in the play, Two Trains Running, that said, "The numbers give you an opportunity.”
Who is Wolf?
The character that understands value and explains, "Money can't buy what that piano cost."
Who is berniece?
The character that feels the need to address that, "You ain't never gave me nothing! You ain't never done nothing but hold me back. Afraid I was gonna be better than you. All you ever did was try and make me scared of you. I used to tremble every time you called my name. Every time I heard your footsteps in the house. Wondering all the time...what's Papa gonna say if I do this?"
Who is Cory?
The character that abruptly said, "I don’t care what she calls herself. I’m not putting up with it. I just want to get her in here...record those songs on that list...and get her out. Just like clockwork, huh?"
Who is Sturdyvant?
This character's outlook on the new generation is, "I don't know what's in these young boys's heads. Seems like they don't respect nobody. They don't even respect themselves. When I was coming along that was the first thing you learned. If you didn't respect yourself . . . quite naturally you couldn't respect nobody else. When I was coming along the more respect you had for other people... the more people respected you. Seem like it come back to you"
Who is Turnbo?
The character in the play, Two Trains Running, that comments this on West, “Everybody know West got money. He get more business. More people dying than getting saved.”
Who is Holloway?
The character that doesn't believe in the vision and said, "Land give back to you... But that piano don't put out nothing else."
Who is Boy Willie?
The character that describes his sense of entitlement as, "That ain’t for me. I don’t wanna be carrying nobody’s rubbish. I don’t wanna be punching nobody’s time clock."
Who is Lyons?
The character that said, "Naming all those things you and Cutler done together is like trying to solicit some reefer based on a bond of kinship. That’s African. An ancestral retention. Only you forgot the name of the gods."
Who is Toledo?
The character that said, "You gonna surprise me with a house? Don’t do that. A new TV maybe. A stereo . . . a couch . . . a refrigerator . . . okay. But don’t surprise me with a house that I didn’t even have the chance to pick out!" when offered by Darnell.
Who is Rena?
The character in the play, Two Trains Running, that said, "Somebody done busted out my window. A great big old six-foot piece of glass! People ain't got sense enough to walk through the door. Over there pushing and carrying on. Let me get some coffee...I don't care how many people may be lined up there to see [him] ...he leaving my pace tomorrow. I'm talking about a big piece of glass! Ain't no telling how much it cost to replace that."
Who is West?
The character that needs Berniece to let go of the past by saying, "Everybody got stones in their passway... You ain't got to carry them with you."
Who is Avery?
This character gives the first foreshadow to problems that are come by saying, "I see where you and that Tallahassee gal . . . that Alberta . . . I see where you all done got tight. . . . I see where you be laughing and joking with her all the time"
Who is Bono?
The character that feels that there no respect for his authority by saying, "See, I told you! It don’t mean nothing when I say it. You got to wait for Mr. Irvin to say it. Well, I told you the way it is."
Who is Levee?
The character that feels like, "Ain't nothing left to do now but get married. Come November it'll be seventeen years that me and Lucille been together. Seventeen years . . . I wasn't sure what it meant myself. I thought it meant pull or push together. But she showed me one can push and the other can pull . . . as long as it's in the same direction. You know what I mean?"
Who is Becker?