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.
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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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 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 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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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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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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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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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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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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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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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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People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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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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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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