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.
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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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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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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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
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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 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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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
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I try to tell a story musically in a song.
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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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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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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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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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It’s ecstasy when you’re laying down next to me.
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