When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.
BARRY WHITEA kid who was on welfare, because he refused to steal anybody’s property or take anybody’s money. You found life a lot tougher.
More Barry White Quotes
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I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.
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People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
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If you were a young kid, 19, 20 years old who has two children and a third one on the way and refuses to leave them.
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The women used the music to get their men to relate to them better: “talk to me, tell me what’s on your mind.”
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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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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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Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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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.
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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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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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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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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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When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
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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 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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