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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

As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.
BARRY WHITE

Boys Country Freedom Spoken
I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
BARRY WHITE

Again Cadillacs Jail Steal Tire
There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
BARRY WHITE

Baby Music Nice People
Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
BARRY WHITE

Mama Save Streets Strong
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.
BARRY WHITE

Art Beautiful Consumer Star Stars
One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
BARRY WHITE

Around Preacher Turn
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 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’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
BARRY WHITE

Quality Sweetness Weakness
The women used the music to get their men to relate to them better: “talk to me, tell me what’s on your mind.”
BARRY WHITE

Artist Better Girl Men Mind
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.
BARRY WHITE

Baby Father Travel
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
Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
BARRY WHITE

Day Labels Opinion Turn
Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
BARRY WHITE

Brother Families Strong Workout
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.
BARRY WHITE

Brother Direction One Soul

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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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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