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.
BARRY WHITEThe 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.
More Barry White Quotes
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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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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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It’s ecstasy when you’re laying down next to me.
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You’re the first, the last, and my everything and the answer to all my dreams. You’re my sun, my moon, my guiding star, my kind of wonderful, that’s what you are
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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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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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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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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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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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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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I’ve always loved War’s Low Rider and Sly Stone’s Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.
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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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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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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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Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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