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 WHITEMen 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.
More Barry White Quotes
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Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
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When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.
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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’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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I’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
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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’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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I 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.
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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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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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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.
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