I’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
BARRY WHITEMost families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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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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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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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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I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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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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The 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.
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Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
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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.
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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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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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Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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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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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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