Rock & Roll Murders Quotes

“There was a quiet period before the trial, similar to the deadening silence when birds know a raptor is in their midst. At first, the imminent trial was on the horizon; then it disappeared for more than a year.”
― Phillip B. Chute, Rock & Roll Murders

“Ray, like the person driving faster when the gas tank is near empty, was on a long trip to nowhere.”
― Phillip B. Chute, Rock and Roll Murders: An Entrepreneur Finds That Murder is No Business Solution

“It was peaceful without Rock and Roll music pounding away in the background. For one of the few times in her life, Alice was at peace with herself. The bird flew away to the fountain below. Free as a bird, Alice thought. Suddenly something sour welled up inside her as she realized that she was back where she had started with Ray and the business. She cried, gently at first then sobbed; realizing she was a prisoner in King Ray’s castle again. She knew Ray would kill to keep her in his dungeon. By returning, she was his property forever.”
― Phillip B. Chute, Rock and Roll Murders: An Entrepreneur Finds That Murder is No Business Solution

“It was peaceful without Rock and Roll music pounding away in the background. For one of the few times in her life, Alice was at peace with herself. The bird flew away to the fountain below. Free as a bird, Alice thought. Suddenly something sour welled up inside her as she realized that she was back where she had started with Ray and the business. She cried, gently at first then sobbed; realizing she was a prisoner in King Ray’s castle again. She knew Ray would kill to keep her in his
dungeon. By returning, she was his property forever.”
― Phillip B. Chute, Rock and Roll Murders: An Entrepreneur Finds That Murder is No Business Solution

“I’ll get her back, one way or another, he thought as he worked into the evening. Money talks. Everybody can be bought or sold, even Alice.”
― Phillip B. Chute, Rock and Roll Murders: An Entrepreneur Finds That Murder is No Business Solution

“On a smoggy spring day, the midday sun baked two California Highway Patrolmen in dark blue uniforms and a bearded dirt biker astride his Yamaha. They stood on a dirt road between the San Andreas barren earthquake faulted hills crisscrossed with biker’s trails. The sergeant stood next to the still body of Eduardo Sanchez, a thirteen-year-old boy clad in a t-shirt and oversized shorts, lying on his back with three bullet wounds and powder burns tattooed on his forehead. An astonished look captured his small immature cold face.”
― Phillip B. Chute, Rock and Roll Murders: An Entrepreneur Finds That Murder is No Business Solution

“Alice put her hand over his mouth to quiet him, smiled, and said, “I want a house, Ray. A place for our kids to live and play.” As they left the chapel, they kissed. Alice was in love, Ray was in business. They were cursed.”
― Phillip B. Chute, Rock and Roll Murders: An Entrepreneur Finds That Murder is No Business Solution

“Oh God! Ray will kill me.” She ran into the bathroom, showered, and dressed.

“What will you tell your husband?” Jack asked when he kissed her in the doorway.

“That I was shopping.”

“Won’t he notice you’re not bringing anything home?”

She laughed. She dashed out the door, tired but satisfied. When Ray approached her that night, she grimaced, finding his advances almost unendurable.”
― Phillip B. Chute, Rock and Roll Murders: An Entrepreneur Finds That Murder is No Business Solution