Isaac Hayes Quotes
The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tell you if you ask.
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I love Johnny Cash but I don't love country music that much.
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
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I think, in the early years, my biggest influences would have been... Daft Punk was a huge one for me, I bought their main record when I was nine; at a young age, I was into music. The Prodigy, Gorillaz were big ones.
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I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet - I just like music.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.
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The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
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If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.
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As a teenager I had friends who had little music studios in their bedrooms and garages. I'd go and play around; very soon, my hobby became a passion.
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If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.
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How well you eat and rest helps you analyse your energy reserves.
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I remember I heard it in an interview with Michael Jackson one day, saying the art is gone, everybody makes records just to make a record. See, I always want the artist that try to build a whole body of music on one album, so you can enjoy it. So you could say, 'I went with him here, I went with him here.'
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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I hadn't seen that many movies that really go deep enough into the fears of playing music or the language that musicians can use to treat each other or, like, the way that you can see it dehumanize and the way that it can feel like boot camp.
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In football, you are going to have highs and lows, and you have to recognize when you have new opportunities and walk in those.
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Love, and do what you like.
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I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!
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The way I'm portrayed on the Internet is partly my doing, but it's partly the people that are presenting it so, you know, people come to know this strange version of a human. It can be pretty weird because people think I'm digging through dumpsters and smell like crap all the time.
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I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.
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The odd thing about 'Cripple of Inishmaan' is it's never actually been performed on the island.
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The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tell you if you ask.
