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 WHITEIf 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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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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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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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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I’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
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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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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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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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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’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
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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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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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You’re the first, the last, and my everything and the answer to all my dreams. You’re my sun, my moon, my guiding star, my kind of wonderful, that’s what you are
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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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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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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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I’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
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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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There’s a time when people give their words to each other it has to mean something. I’m a street cat. I’ve belonged in gangs and when you had a partner, you went down with your partner whether you won the fight or lost it. You went down together.
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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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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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Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
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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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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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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 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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