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" 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. "
Birth
Street
Nothing
" All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come. "
Writing
Time
Partner
" Elvis was a giant and influenced everyone in the business. "
Everyone
Business
Giant
" Guys in slavery sang praises to the Lord to deliver them from bondage. "
Sang
Slavery
Lord
" 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. "
Dreams
Fun
Great
" 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. "
Moving
High School
Time
" 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. "
True
Movies
Real
" If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears. "
Rose
You
Enjoy
" I influence people, hopefully on the positive side. "
Positive
People
Influence
" I love music. "
Music
I Love
Love
" I think the kids today need to hear more about morals and values. "
Today
Values
Morals
" I used to stand in front of the mic and cry. "
Used
Cry
Front
" I've been around a long time, and when I was at the top of the hill, I was very ahead of my time! Evidence of that is that my music is still current today - you know, rappers sample it all the time. So, rather than compromise my artistic integrity, I concentrated on movies. "
Today
Integrity
Long
" I was a pop freak. I love music. Of course, I knew soul because I grew up in it. Writing it and everything. 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. Therefore, I felt no boundaries. "
Writing
Soul
Hat
" 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. "
Heat
Music
Time
" Know the business, learn the business, own something. "
Business
Something
Own
" Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured. "
Religious
Sacred
People
" Self-expression is always a right, but it's still not there to be abused. "
Still
Always
Right
" The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tell you if you ask. "
Ask
Gone
Influence
" 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. "
Satire
World
Others
" There's always hurdles. So I just keep moving, just constantly redefining myself. That's how you stay in the race. "
Race
Myself
You
" There's something about live players that you cannot get with machines: With live musicians, you can strike a groove, you can feed off each other... And, even though somebody might make a slight mistake, it's all real! "
Off
Musicians
Live
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