I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.
BARRY WHITEI went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
More Barry White Quotes
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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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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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I’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
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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.
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I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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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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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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I try to tell a story musically in a song.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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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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