There’s a time when people give their words to each other it has to mean something. I’m a street cat. I’ve belonged in gangs and when you had a partner, you went down with your partner whether you won the fight or lost it. You went down together.
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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I’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
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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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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said ‘Good morning’ to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.’
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Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
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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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People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
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Men used the music to get the girls in the mood to make love. So either way you had it, Barry White is the one artist who actually was in your bedroom with you at your most sacred, sensuous moment of your life.
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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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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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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’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
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The women used the music to get their men to relate to them better: “talk to me, tell me what’s on your mind.”
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Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star.
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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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