I’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
BARRY WHITEWhen I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.
More Barry White Quotes
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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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You’re the first, the last, and my everything and the answer to all my dreams. You’re my sun, my moon, my guiding star, my kind of wonderful, that’s what you are
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I’ve always loved War’s Low Rider and Sly Stone’s Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.
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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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I didn’t mind working in the clubs, but I resented it being a club where pimps hang out. Because the music that I create is of a higher intellect than that. It not only encompasses pimps, but whores, ballplayers, executives… everybody.
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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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I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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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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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent.
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As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.
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Take it off, baby, take it all off. I want you the way you came into the world.
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I’m very happy with this new record. It’s dealing with different aspects of love-it’s me making a statement about people doing something with their lives. It is about caring for others.
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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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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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