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.
BARRY WHITEAll 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.
BARRY WHITEThe women used the music to get their men to relate to them better: “talk to me, tell me what’s on your mind.”
BARRY WHITEI 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.
BARRY WHITEAs a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.
BARRY WHITETake it off, baby, take it all off. I want you the way you came into the world.
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.
BARRY WHITEI’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
BARRY WHITEIt’s ecstasy when you’re laying down next to me.
BARRY WHITEWhen a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
BARRY WHITELeave me alone. I’m fine.
BARRY WHITEThe 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.
BARRY WHITEMama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
BARRY WHITEBlacks own so little of the music business, it’s pathetic. But I see that changing soon. Black artists, black businessmen and women will unite.
BARRY WHITEI 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 WHITEI went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
BARRY WHITEI 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.
BARRY WHITE