- Roland: There's something I want to tell you. I know I haven't always been the best of fathers.
- Paul: Dad, you don't have to say...
- Roland: Shut up and me do the singing for once. The only real measure of a father's success is by how far his children end up surpassing him in life. And you, you can be very, very proud of yourself.
- Yvonne: [about her husband] Honestly. If he wasn't such an exquisite lover, I'd have to leave the man.
- Yvonne: [to her husband] Oh, do be quiet. They're playing our song, so why don't you stop moaning and start thrusting your pelvis in my general direction.
- [last lines]
- Paul: [voice over] So there it is.The whole story. The opera of my life. Not a bad one, is it?