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The whole system of society tells you what to do.

Barry White

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 WHITE

Baby Possibilities Sister Smile
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 WHITE

Car Clothes Connection Nothing Writing
Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
BARRY WHITE

Brother Families Strong Workout
The women used the music to get their men to relate to them better: “talk to me, tell me what’s on your mind.”
BARRY WHITE

Artist Better Girl Men Mind
Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star.
BARRY WHITE

Art Beautiful Consumer Star Stars
There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
BARRY WHITE

Baby Music Nice People
I try to tell a story musically in a song.
BARRY WHITE

Song Stories Trying
When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.
BARRY WHITE

Bible Commit Hands Heart
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.
BARRY WHITE

Business Careers Knowing
I’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
BARRY WHITE

Causes Inspirational Quitting
The whole system of society tells you what to do.
BARRY WHITE

Society System Whole
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.
BARRY WHITE

Boring Flowing Fool Writing
I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.
BARRY WHITE

Mother Scared Speak
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.
BARRY WHITE

Cracks Giving Kids Over Today
I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn’t see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.
BARRY WHITE

Birthday School Senior
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.
BARRY WHITE

Anybody Kid Money Refused Tougher Welfare

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