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.
BARRY WHITEI 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.
More Barry White Quotes
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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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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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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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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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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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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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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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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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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 so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
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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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I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.
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Been making love for hours and, baby, we’re still going strong. Girl, this night is ours and I swear I feel it coming on. All I know is when we get through, I ain’t going to be able to move.
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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 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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