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.
BARRY WHITEI’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
More Barry White Quotes
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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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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.
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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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A kid who was on welfare, because he refused to steal anybody’s property or take anybody’s money. You found life a lot tougher.
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It’s ecstasy when you’re laying down next to me.
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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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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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We are all gods, all forces of nature. We can destroy, we can build. We are like oceans and like fires.
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Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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I’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
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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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Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
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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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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
BARRY WHITE






