I’ve always loved War’s Low Rider and Sly Stone’s Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.
BARRY WHITEI went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
More Barry White Quotes
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It’s ecstasy when you’re laying down next to me.
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I try to tell a story musically in a song.
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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’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.
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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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People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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I never learned to read or write music. Never wanted to fool with scales. That was boring, forced. The music I heard was free – flowing.
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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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I’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
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I’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
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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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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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