Everyone to me has to pick a subject to talk about in music if you’re going to be a writer.
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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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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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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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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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 went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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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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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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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.
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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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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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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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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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People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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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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