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When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.

Barry White

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
When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
BARRY WHITE

Man Thinking War
When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
BARRY WHITE

Corruption Hypocrisy Saw Truth
Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
BARRY WHITE

Mama Save Streets Strong
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
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 try to tell a story musically in a song.
BARRY WHITE

Song Stories Trying
Leave me alone. I’m fine.
BARRY WHITE

Alone Fine Leave
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
Everyone to me has to pick a subject to talk about in music if you’re going to be a writer.
BARRY WHITE

Music Picks Subjects Talk Writer
One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
BARRY WHITE

Around Preacher Turn
I’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
BARRY WHITE

Gift Knowledge Wisdom Truth
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.
BARRY WHITE

Birthday School Senior
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.
BARRY WHITE

Caring Different People
There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
BARRY WHITE

Baby Music Nice People
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.
BARRY WHITE

Belong Cat Fighting Mean
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
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.
BARRY WHITE

Baby Possibilities Sister Smile
People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
BARRY WHITE

Always Freak Look People
It’s ecstasy when you’re laying down next to me.
BARRY WHITE

Expression Laying Down Next
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
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.
BARRY WHITE

Actually Either Love Make Men Mood Music Sacred
I’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
BARRY WHITE

Causes Inspirational Quitting
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
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 WHITE

Cracks Giving Kids Over Today
I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said ‘Good morning’ to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.’
BARRY WHITE

Death Morning Mother Scared

When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.

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