When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.
BARRY WHITEI woke up one morning, went downstairs, said ‘Good morning’ to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.’
More Barry White Quotes
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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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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.
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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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A kid who was on welfare, because he refused to steal anybody’s property or take anybody’s money. You found life a lot tougher.
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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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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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I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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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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Men used the music to get the girls in the mood to make love. So either way you had it, Barry White is the one artist who actually was in your bedroom with you at your most sacred, sensuous moment of your life.
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People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
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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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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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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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When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
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