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.
BARRY WHITEI’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.
More Barry White Quotes
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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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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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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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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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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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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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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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No one could understand the bond between me and my brother. I struggled to understand the forces that drove his soul in one direction and mine in another.
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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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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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Take it off, baby, take it all off. I want you the way you came into the world.
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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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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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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 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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