The women used the music to get their men to relate to them better: “talk to me, tell me what’s on your mind.”
BARRY WHITEWhen a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
More Barry White Quotes
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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 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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People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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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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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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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 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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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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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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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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When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
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Men used the music to get the girls in the mood to make love. So either way you had it, Barry White is the one artist who actually was in your bedroom with you at your most sacred, sensuous moment of your life.
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Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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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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