I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said ‘Good morning’ to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.’
BARRY WHITEAs a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.
More Barry White Quotes
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We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It’s just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile.
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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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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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I’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
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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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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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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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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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I’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
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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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I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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I’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
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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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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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