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 WHITEMost families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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 woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.
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I’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
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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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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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I try to tell a story musically in a song.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Take it off, baby, take it all off. I want you the way you came into the world.
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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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