When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
BARRY WHITEAll 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.
More Barry White Quotes
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Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
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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 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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People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
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I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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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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I’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
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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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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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Everyone to me has to pick a subject to talk about in music if you’re going to be a writer.
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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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There’s a time when people give their words to each other it has to mean something. I’m a street cat. I’ve belonged in gangs and when you had a partner, you went down with your partner whether you won the fight or lost it. You went down together.
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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’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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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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