Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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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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 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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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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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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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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I’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
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Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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I’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
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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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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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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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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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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 woke up one morning, went downstairs, said ‘Good morning’ to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.’
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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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