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 WHITEElton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
More Barry White Quotes
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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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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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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
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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.
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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 try to tell a story musically in a song.
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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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All I had was the will and the love for music. I couldn’t read music or write it. No connections, no car, no money, no bankroll, no clothes, no nothing.
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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.
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I’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
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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 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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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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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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