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.
BARRY WHITEWhen a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
More Barry White Quotes
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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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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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I’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
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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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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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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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Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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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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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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Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
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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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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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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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