Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
BARRY WHITEWe are all gods, all forces of nature. We can destroy, we can build. We are like oceans and like fires.
More Barry White Quotes
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I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.
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All I had was the will and the love for music. I couldn’t read music or write it. No connections, no car, no money, no bankroll, no clothes, no nothing.
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Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It’s just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile.
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When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
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Blacks own so little of the music business, it’s pathetic. But I see that changing soon. Black artists, black businessmen and women will unite.
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I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn’t. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You’re looking at a real daddy.
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In my day, we didn’t have the cocaine, so we went out and knocked somebody over the head and took the money. But today, all this cocaine and crack, it doesn’t give kids a chance.
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I’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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Everyone to me has to pick a subject to talk about in music if you’re going to be a writer.
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I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn’t see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.
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If you were a young kid, 19, 20 years old who has two children and a third one on the way and refuses to leave them.
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Been making love for hours and, baby, we’re still going strong. Girl, this night is ours and I swear I feel it coming on. All I know is when we get through, I ain’t going to be able to move.
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