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.
BARRY WHITEThe whole system of society tells you what to do.
More Barry White Quotes
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People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
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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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Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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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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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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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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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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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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We are all gods, all forces of nature. We can destroy, we can build. We are like oceans and like fires.
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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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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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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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