Isaac Hayes
Related I'd like to do Harvey again. I did it two years ago with Helen Hayes in New York. It was a joy. ... JAMES STEWART ADELE When I came out of service, the first couple of releases didn't really hit so I just took a litt... WILLIAM BELL ISAAC HAYES For Black Music Month, I would definitely want to celebrate Isaac Hayes. JUICY J I had served my apprenticeship with David (Hayes), so I know him pretty well and he was happy for me... JOE BOWDITCH In Mudcrutch we all wrote songs, and when it got to the focus on Tom and the Heartbreakers, I kept w... BENMONT TENCH I didn't want to do all of the mags, and we didn't get paid for those shoots - 'Hollyoak... ROXANNE MCKEE Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON In my mid-twenties, I said to myself: 'I can't perform anymore!' I didn't know what ... SPENCER KAYDEN By the time I was 23 or 24 and had written the first manuscript of 'The Final Winter', I kne... MATTHEW NABLE When I was younger, I didn't have the finer things in life. It was around me - the cars, the jew... LARENZ TATE When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write... JULIANA HATFIELD I think my first hit was probably '24 is a Rubberband Man,' which was my second album. My fi... T.I. LAILA ALI Acting was always there, it's true. But for a long time, in my teenage years, I wasn't sure ... BILL SKARSGARD It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON 'Scarface,' I remember going to see that with my father. We didn't know what to expect; ... LARENZ TATE TONY BENNETT I love New York. I first came here with my Mom when I was in 9th grade. I took the subway for the fi... SKYLAR GREY SHANLEY CASWELL TIM CAHILL LYDIA DAVIS My father was my first inspiration. He had an incredible stereo and a turntable, and I was told not ... GRANDMASTER FLASH HUNTER HAYES When I first got sick, they told me I had a year to live, and I was writing my memoir really fast. T... JOHN LURIE BJORK JAY-Z RUSSELL PETERS In the mid-1980s to the early 1990s I was writing songs not because I particularly liked what I was ... GARY NUMAN It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON CORY DOCTOROW I just always knew I wanted to be an actor. I gave my Emmy acceptance speech when I was 11. But, I w... AZITA GHANIZADA When I first started cooking, I was very much an intuitive cook when it came to taste, but that didn... CARLA HALL MADONNA CICCONE The first time I ever heard the blues, my parents had a stack of records that they weren't using... ATO ESSANDOH At the time I was writing the second album, I was sitting home in my underwear all day every day; I ... MAC DEMARCO I realised that the only time I really enjoyed music was when I was in the studio writing. So even t... ADAM RICKITT MEGHAN MARKLE KEVIN BACON TORI KELLY I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing songs. After two so... NEIL YOUNG JAY-Z KHLOE KARDASHIAN My career was really odd, because I literally had a greatest hits album out and nobody knew who I wa... KENNY CHESNEY I was filled with angst all the time, but when it came down to it, I dove into what was in front of ... JANE LYNCH It sounds odd, but I was a singer and started writing songs, and I didn't have anything in mind.... BILL MEDLEY My second album was written while I was on the road promoting the first record. I tried to take my p... KATE VOEGELE The first win came very quick, and I didn't know what it meant to win a major championship. I wa... INBEE PARK FAITH HILL GENE KELLY Implants were something I thought I wanted when I was younger, and now I don't. It was hard bein... HEATHER MORRIS The Olympics was always my be-all and end-all, so when I won, it was the best feeling in the world. ... JADE JONES ADAM MCKAY M. STANTON EVANS I came from a middle-class family. My dad was a professor; my mom was a nurse. I didn't come fro... MEGYN KELLY When I was writing 'Shotgun,' it's one of the first songs that's come to me as an im... VALERIE JUNE Originally, after 'Tambourine' came out, another record was supposed to come out, but I had ... EVE When I was in my late twenties, a friend suggested that, since I was an avid SF reader and had been ... L. E. MODESITT, JR. When I got my very first phone call that I'd hit the 'New York Times' list, I had a smal... LISA GARDNER 'FlashForward' was a dream come true. I had auditioned for David Goyer for 'Blade: Trini... ZACHARY KNIGHTON I realized that 'performing' was what I wanted to do when I did my first professional gig as... CATHERINE MARY STEWART I have loved music so much from when I was little, and I don't know whether it was because I saw... LISA MARIE PRESLEY BEYONCE KNOWLES The first song that I remember writing in its entirety was when I was 9 years old. I wrote it on a b... KAT EDMONSON When I did 'Don't Look Back,' I no longer had Time-Life looking over my shoulder, so I c... D. A. PENNEBAKER MARY BALOGH I wasn't all that familiar with the 'Texas Chainsaw' franchise, and I knew who Leatherfa... ALEXANDRA DADDARIO In my head, I consider 'No Turning Back' my 'dipping the toe in the water' album. It... IMELDA MAY It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy.... RACHAEL HARRIS ALISTAIR BROWNLEE KRISTEN STEWART ADAM BEACH What's funny is my mom took me to the theater for the first time when I was six years old, and I... DANA DAVIS 'Brisco' was the first show I created, and of course, at the time I had no idea what a speci... CARLTON CUSE ANTHONY HOPKINS Directors didn't know what to do with me in college. I didn't really sound like a belter. I ... JESSIE MUELLER STEVE LACY JOHN LEGEND I think most bands probably peak on their first album. We peaked on our third album. On the first al... JOHNNY RAMONE I didn't have a business degree. I didn't have experience to work in somebody else's off... HAMDI ULUKAYA ALEXANDRA ADORNETTO I came to L.A. with confidence in my craft, and I was very offended when I didn't get a part. It... ZOE MCLELLAN OLIVIA WILDE PATTI SMITH I had to have my first kiss in front of, like, a hundred people. I didn't know what to do. So my... LACEY CHABERT When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, an... MIKE KRZYZEWSKI SOPHIE KINSELLA BONNIE RAITT I was making so much money I didn't care. I didn't know what to do with the money. DAVID A. SIEGEL MIKE BIRBIGLIA GEORGE LOPEZ DR. DRE There was a bit of a readjustment period because I didn't know what it was going to be like. I d... DAVE LOMBARDO TOM LEHRER NICK KROLL GARY WRIGHT When I lost my record deal, and my phone wasn't ringing, I realized that I had to reassess who V... VESTA WILLIAMS My first big break was 'White Chicks.' I had only been acting for about two years and I cert... ROCHELLE AYTES
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SEAN HAYES I listened to George Carlin when I was a kid and knew every word of his routines. SEAN HAYES HUNTER HAYES I made spasmodic efforts to work, assuring myself that once I began working I would forget her. The ... ALFRED HAYES Nobody owes anything to anybody. You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and ... SEAN HAYES ROBIN HAYES HUNTER HAYES WOODY HAYES HUNTER HAYES ROBIN HAYES And I'm OK being judged as an actor. SEAN HAYES Poems are not read: they are reread. Reread the poem, then read between the lines, then look at it, ... TERRANCE HAYES WOODY HAYES I don't think comedy necessarily comes from a dark place. But I do think what a lot of us have i... SEAN HAYES It felt like a legacy speech. BILLY HAYES The disaster has been brought to us and we have to respond, BILLY HAYES We want to make it so the people of Cherokee County don't have to drive south to get their health ca... BILLY HAYES The larger picture--what people see on television is a reactive response. The city of Riverdale is t... BILLY HAYES People don't understand the level of commitment it takes to be at his level. During high school (wre... BILLY HAYES Scheduling teams is increasingly difficult because of our transition to Division I. Losing North Car... BILL HAYES We continued to strengthen our balance sheet in 2005. BILL HAYES Henry's going to get the program started for us, and I know he's going to do a good job. The guy's g... BILL HAYES Brad was the best receiver in the state in his senior year in high school, ... He's a warrior. That'... BILL HAYES [Todd] said it isn't in their best interest to play us any more. Last year, [former A&T athletics di... BILL HAYES I remember Charlie making a statement about it last year. But this [series] has been going on for 78... BILL HAYES He (Miller) played well, but Monte Vista as a team played much better than we did. BILL HAYES We think it's going to be a very good thing for the community and the market. BRENT HAYES We're very interested in what we've talked about so far. BRENT HAYES They all seem to be pretty well satisfied. That was the encouraging thing. We had no idea. They seem... BRENT HAYES You have to sell your town. BRENT HAYES We've got hopefully a couple of new businesses that will be in the mall by early spring. BRENT HAYES For retailers, the bigger your number is, the more attractive your town is. BRENT HAYES After that (the surrender) we could run on the surface and the stills could make all the water they ... BOB HAYES The best part about it was that we were rationed on water (during combat); we could only have so muc... BOB HAYES I'm thrilled, I'm grateful, I'm blessed. I played for the world's greatest professional sports team ... BOB HAYES There's a lot of pain in my heart because what I accomplished was second to none. I'm not losing any... BOB HAYES After me, everybody started drafting speed. But they used to laugh at a lot of those guys because th... BOB HAYES Bringing in for-profit private plans to replace EPIC is a surefire way to make poor New Yorkers lose... BOB HAYES Even though gas prices have been declining since their peak in early September, consumers are still ... BOB HAYES There should be a straight-forward, comprehensive and affordable Medicare drug benefit. We do not ha... BOB HAYES We shot ourselves in the foot several times. BOB HAYES I won gold medals representing this country, but I've gotten more recognition around the world than ... BOB HAYES HUNTER HAYES HUNTER HAYES On a deeper level, I think many stories - especially thrillers - can be a journey to the heart of da... TERRY HAYES We had a plan going into the game. We were going to try to eliminate Nelson from scoring. We stepped... CARL HAYES No, I like my role. No one is focusing on me so it's not as hard as the lead role. CARL HAYES We were a little disappointed that we let them catch up. CARL HAYES My coach basically said I should step up. Their post players were very small. He told me to get big. CARL HAYES Willingness to embrace scrutiny from outsiders is a hallmark of well-managed companies. You don't in... CARL HAYES The smartest thing that an actor can do is embrace the thing that made them famous as opposed to run... SEAN HAYES HELEN HAYES HUNTER HAYES WOODY HAYES HUNTER HAYES Successful prime-time television of any genre produces some kind of emotional reaction in the viewer... CHRIS HAYES WOODY HAYES HELEN HAYES HELEN HAYES HELEN HAYES The biblical account of Noah's Ark and the Flood is perhaps the most implausible story for fundament... JUDITH HAYES HELEN HAYES NBC programs great shows; it just doesn't have the eyeballs CBS does. SEAN HAYES They always come up to me and say, 'I want those shoes, can I have yours?' JOANNA HAYES HUNTER HAYES We're asking pharmacists to not only dispense medication, but to be a social worker, computer geek a... ROBERT HAYES We are pleased to forge this new relationship and welcome Mr. Dong Hong and his team at Shanghai TO-... MIKE HAYES The overwhelming bewilderment begins with the scores of competing plans that are being offered, ROBERT HAYES When I was a kid, I went through the whole process of reading great literature and trying to be very... TERRY HAYES We never found our rhythm offensively. We missed open shots, we missed free throws, and we had too m... DOUG HAYES It was a win-win situation for me. But we have some unfinished things to do here in Cincinnati. JONATHAN HAYES I feel like I've contributed monumentally to the success of the gay movement in America, and if ... SEAN HAYES WOODY HAYES WOODY HAYES WOODY HAYES WOODY HAYES WOODY HAYES The fact that they feel able to drop it means it has lost its luster. It's much diminished in statur... SAMUEL HAYES WOODY HAYES When I came out of my mom's womb, I had 'sitcom' stamped on my forehead. SEAN HAYES If judged only by the results that challenge the laws of probabilities, then the power of prayer is ... JUDITH HAYES Everyone said it was a soft Slipper but I think Miss Finland will prove them wrong. DAVID HAYES I think I can speak with a degree of authority... today, the biggest driving force of movies is pace... TERRY HAYES There are - any independent study, from any scientist that's not funded by Syngenta, has found s... TYRONE HAYES They are almost backing themselves into a corner and may not have much of a choice. CHRISTOPHER HAYES The SBA has developed a certification process designed to treat small companies equitably and give t... RICHARD HAYES They have a receipt showing that on Dec. 11 they called a plumber and had their lines cleared. But b... TERESA HAYES HUNTER HAYES Why is it that almost every human culture yet discovered has found it necessary to believe in an aft... JUDITH HAYES Each individual human being has a lot of stuff that nobody knows about. Nobody knows what anybody el... SEAN HAYES HUNTER HAYES I got my start in lefty journalism as a labor reporter at 'In These Times', and it's in ... CHRIS HAYES We all played on the same Optimist (Baseball) team together, and I think we played on the same baske... JAMES HAYES
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