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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.

Barry White

One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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Around Preacher Turn
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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Artist Black Littles Women
Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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Mama Save Streets Strong
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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Death Morning Mother Scared
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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Brother Direction One Soul
I try to tell a story musically in a song.
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Song Stories Trying
I’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
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Quality Sweetness Weakness
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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Anybody Kid Money Refused Tougher Welfare
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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Brother Families Strong Workout
Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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Alone Fine Leave
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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Build Fire Force Ocean
When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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Man Thinking War
People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
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Always Freak Look People
Take it off, baby, take it all off. I want you the way you came into the world.
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Baby Sex Take World
It’s ecstasy when you’re laying down next to me.
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Expression Laying Down Next
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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Cat Chop Later Truth Two Week
When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
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Corruption Hypocrisy Saw Truth
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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Baby Possibilities Sister Smile
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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Car Clothes Connection Nothing Writing
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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Cracks Giving Kids Over Today
I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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Again Cadillacs Jail Steal Tire
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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Business Careers Knowing
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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Music Picks Subjects Talk Writer
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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Clubs Mind Pimp
I’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
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Causes Inspirational Quitting
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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Bible Commit Hands Heart
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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Birthday School Senior

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’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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