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.
BARRY WHITEI never learned to read or write music. Never wanted to fool with scales. That was boring, forced. The music I heard was free – flowing.
More Barry White Quotes
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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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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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When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
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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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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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I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.
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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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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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Been making love for hours and, baby, we’re still going strong. Girl, this night is ours and I swear I feel it coming on. All I know is when we get through, I ain’t going to be able to move.
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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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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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Take it off, baby, take it all off. I want you the way you came into the world.
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