As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.
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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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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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’ve always loved War’s Low Rider and Sly Stone’s Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.
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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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I’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
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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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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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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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Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
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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 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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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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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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