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.
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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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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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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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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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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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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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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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 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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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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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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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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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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