Jake Blues (John Belushi):
"First you trade the Cadillac for a microphone. Then you lie to me about the band. Now you're gonna
put me right back in the joint!"
Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd):
"They're not gonna catch us. We're on a mission from God!"
- An encounter with the police
Elwood: "Well, it ain't much, but it's home."
Jake: "How often does the train go by?"
Elwood: "So often you won't even notice it."
- Elwoods room
"They look like they're from the CIA or something."
- Owner of Soul Food Cafe (Aretha Franklin) about Jake and Elwood
Elwood: "Er.. what kind of music do you usually have here?"
Claire: "Oh we got both kinds. We got Country and Western."
- At Bob's Country Bunker
"I ran outta gas. I had a flat tyre. I didn't have enough money for cab fare.
My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from outta town.
Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake, a terrible flood, locust's. It wasn't my
fault!! I swear to God!!"
- Jake (John Belushi) explains to the Mystery Woman (Carrie Fisher) why he didnīt show up to marry her
Elwood:
"It's a 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and
we're wearing sunglasses."
Jake:
"Hit it!"
- Start of the main car chase
Elwood:
"Well this is definitely Lower Wacker drive. If my estimations are correct, we should be very
close to the honourable Richard J. Daly plaza."
Jake:
"That's were they got that Picasso."
Elwood:
"Yep."
- Conversation during the main car chase