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 WHITEThe whole system of society tells you what to do.
More Barry White Quotes
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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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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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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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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.
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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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I try to tell a story musically in a song.
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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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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’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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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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I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.
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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 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.
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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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