Isaac Hayes Quotes (13 Quotes)

Hey, let me tell you I worked years to achieve artistic excellence, ... and then all of a sudden, I get involved in this stupid, crazy, insane cartoon and now I'm hotter than I've ever been. I love it. I love it.

Have you ever wondered why young people take to music like fish to water? Maybe it's because music is fun. Plan and simple. It opens up their minds to dream great dreams about where they can go and what they can do when they get older.

If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.

There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs... begins.

A certain administration which I won't call by name took the arts out of the schools, and that left the brothers out on the street with nothing, so they went to the turntables and started rhyming. Then they had a way to express themselves, and that's the birth of hip-hop.

The audience said, Whoa,' ... When I finished the tune, there were maybe a few dry eyes in the house but not many. I got a standing ovation.

I'd been hearing things in my head for a long time, but I'd been restricted, ... Now I did what I felt. ... When I had the opportunity to do my own thing, that's when I thought about strings and different chords.

He was cool before it was cool to be cool, 'American Masters' creator and executive producer Susan Lacy stated. He left us a storehouse of classics, pure poetry that will live forever because they are, quite simply, among the greatest songs ever sung.

Don't slip into the traps, and don't forget about your 'hood, the kids in the 'hood. Remember, you're disposable, so take advantage while you can.

I'm delighted to be a part of this national celebration. Rock 'n' roll began in Memphis, and the city continues to be a focal point of enormous musical creativity today.

Know the business, learn the business, own something.

It's a very exciting and validating experience to be recognized ... along with all those giants of the music business.

Guys, you got it Scientology all wrong. We're not like that.