I’ve always loved War’s Low Rider and Sly Stone’s Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.
BARRY WHITEWhen a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
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I’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
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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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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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If you were a young kid, 19, 20 years old who has two children and a third one on the way and refuses to leave them.
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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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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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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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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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