Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
BARRY WHITEI’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
More Barry White Quotes
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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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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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I’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
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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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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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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’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
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It’s ecstasy when you’re laying down next to me.
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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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When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
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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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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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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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The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent.
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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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