I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said ‘Good morning’ to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.’
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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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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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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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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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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Take it off, baby, take it all off. I want you the way you came into the world.
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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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People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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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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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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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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I try to tell a story musically in a song.
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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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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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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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