Isaac Hayes Quotes

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

Enjoy, Accept, Rose

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.
Isaac Hayes

Time, Place, Religious

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.
Isaac Hayes

Nothing, Themselves, Started

I love music.
Isaac Hayes

Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.
Isaac Hayes

Times, Religious, Beliefs

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.
Isaac Hayes

Dreams, Music, Great

Guys in slavery sang praises to the Lord to deliver them from bondage.
Isaac Hayes

Lord, Guys, Slavery

I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
Isaac Hayes

Positive, Influence, Side

I think the kids today need to hear more about morals and values.
Isaac Hayes

Today, Kids, Values

I used to stand in front of the mic and cry.
Isaac Hayes

Used, Cry, Stand

I was a pop freak.
Isaac Hayes

Know the business, learn the business, own something.
Isaac Hayes

Business, Learn

The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tell you if you ask.
Isaac Hayes

Music, Tell, Influence

There's always hurdles. So I just keep moving, just constantly redefining myself. That's how you stay in the race.
Isaac Hayes

Moving, Keep, Stay

I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the origins of the old Negro spirituals I grew up with in the South.
Isaac Hayes

Movies, True, Real

I'd always loved strings. When I was in high school and saw strings playing on stage, an orchestra or a symphony, all those bows moving at the same time... wow.
Isaac Hayes

Time, School, Moving

Just, you know, you can't put bread in a cold oven. You know, you've got to take your time. You've got to heat it up. So that's what, that's what I like to do with my music. I like to build it, and build it into a maddening, exciting crescendo.
Isaac Hayes

Music, Time, Put

There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins.
Isaac Hayes

Time, Others, Place

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: August 20, 1942

Died: August 10, 2008

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