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 WHITEThere’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.
More Barry White Quotes
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I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said ‘Good morning’ to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.’
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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 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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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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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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When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
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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.
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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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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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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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I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.
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Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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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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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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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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