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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.

Barry White

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.
BARRY WHITE

Cat Chop Later Truth Two Week
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.
BARRY WHITE

Birthday School Senior
We are all gods, all forces of nature. We can destroy, we can build. We are like oceans and like fires.
BARRY WHITE

Build Fire Force Ocean
Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
BARRY WHITE

Day Labels Opinion Turn
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.
BARRY WHITE

Children Kids Years
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.
BARRY WHITE

Business Careers Knowing
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.
BARRY WHITE

Artist Black Littles Women
I’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
BARRY WHITE

Gift Knowledge Wisdom Truth
I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.
BARRY WHITE

Mother Scared Speak
It’s ecstasy when you’re laying down next to me.
BARRY WHITE

Expression Laying Down Next
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.
BARRY WHITE

Baby Girl Hour Night Strong
I didn’t mind working in the clubs, but I resented it being a club where pimps hang out. Because the music that I create is of a higher intellect than that. It not only encompasses pimps, but whores, ballplayers, executives… everybody.
BARRY WHITE

Clubs Mind Pimp
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.
BARRY WHITE

Anybody Kid Money Refused Tougher Welfare
There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
BARRY WHITE

Baby Music Nice People
I’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
BARRY WHITE

Quality Sweetness Weakness
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 WHITE

Boring Flowing Fool Writing

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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