As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.
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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Been making love for hours and, baby, we’re still going strong. Girl, this night is ours and I swear I feel it coming on. All I know is when we get through, I ain’t going to be able to move.
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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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When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
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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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Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
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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 went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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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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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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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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I try to tell a story musically in a song.
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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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The women used the music to get their men to relate to them better: “talk to me, tell me what’s on your mind.”
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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.’
BARRY WHITE