Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
BARRY WHITEThe 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.
More Barry White Quotes
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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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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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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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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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I don’t know if it’s my music, my lyrics, my sound and knowing the music business the way I do – all I can say is, my career has lasted way longer than I expected.
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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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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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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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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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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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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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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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It’s ecstasy when you’re laying down next to me.
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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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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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