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 WHITEWe are all gods, all forces of nature. We can destroy, we can build. We are like oceans and like fires.
More Barry White Quotes
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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 woke up one morning, went downstairs, said ‘Good morning’ to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.’
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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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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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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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It’s ecstasy when you’re laying down next to me.
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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 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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No one could understand the bond between me and my brother. I struggled to understand the forces that drove his soul in one direction and mine in another.
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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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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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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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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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Take it off, baby, take it all off. I want you the way you came into the world.
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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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