I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said ‘Good morning’ to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.’
BARRY WHITEWhen I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.
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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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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I’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
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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 try to tell a story musically in a song.
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You’re the first, the last, and my everything and the answer to all my dreams. You’re my sun, my moon, my guiding star, my kind of wonderful, that’s what you are
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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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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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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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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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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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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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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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