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

- Isaac Hayes

I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.

- Isaac Hayes

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 t…

- Isaac Hayes

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

- Isaac Hayes

I always keep my head down, working, doing things, moving forward. That's what I've done all my life. Then you stop and realize what you've done.

- Isaac Hayes

I don't sit back and count up what I've done. There's just always something else to do. There's always a challenge ahead.

- Isaac Hayes

I was going through some emotional turmoil. You can tell by the tunes on the album that I was going through a break-up of my marriage. It was the onl…

- Isaac Hayes

I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal.

- Isaac Hayes

At the end of the day, we are responsible for our own lives. If anything happens to us, don't blame somebody else. Backtrack and look at what you did…

- Isaac Hayes