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 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’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
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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.
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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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It’s ecstasy when you’re laying down next to me.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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 went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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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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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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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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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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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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