Music.
Mr. Holland's Opus
"Playing music is supposed to be fun. It's about heart, it's about feelings, moving people, and something beautiful, and it's not about notes on a page. I can teach you notes on a page, I can't teach you that other stuff."
"A teacher has two jobs; fill young minds with knowledge, yes, but more important, give those minds a compass so that that knowledge doesn't go to waste."
"You love music and you made the kids love it with you."
" I don't know what he wants, I don't understand what he's trying to say. Don't you get it? You walk to school every day with all these children who are normal. I can't talk to my son! I don't know what he wants or what he thinks or what he feels. I can't tell him that I love him, I can't tell him who I am. I want to talk to my son! I don't care what it costs, I don't care what the stupid doctor says it's right or wrong. I want to talk to my son!" [Their son, Cole is deaf]
"Look around you. There is not a life in this room that you have not touched, and each of us is a better person because of you. We are your symphony Mr. Holland. We are the melodies and the notes of your opus. We are the music of your life."
"Rock 'n' roll by its very nature leads to a breakdown in discipline."
"Stravinsky was the music of the Russian Revolution, if you want to talk about a breakdown in discipline!"
"6:30. Is the sun really out at this time in the morning?!"
"I know. It shocked me too. I took a picture of it incase it never happens again"