I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.
BARRY WHITEOne preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
More Barry White Quotes
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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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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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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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If you were a young kid, 19, 20 years old who has two children and a third one on the way and refuses to leave them.
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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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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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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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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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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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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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All I had was the will and the love for music. I couldn’t read music or write it. No connections, no car, no money, no bankroll, no clothes, no nothing.
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Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
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I’m very happy with this new record. It’s dealing with different aspects of love-it’s me making a statement about people doing something with their lives. It is about caring for others.
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