The whole system of society tells you what to do.
BARRY WHITEThere’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
More Barry White Quotes
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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 never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
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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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When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
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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 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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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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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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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 woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.
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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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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 woke up one morning, went downstairs, said ‘Good morning’ to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.’
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