Isaac Hayes

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

Elvis was a giant and influenced everyone in the business.

Know the business, learn the business, own something.

Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history.

Why do we cling to bigotry? Because bigotry, plainly, is convenient. It is a near-effortless way to both elevate one's stature and make a pity grab in this culture of victims that we have become.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.