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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.

Barry White

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.
BARRY WHITE

Baby Father Travel
I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
BARRY WHITE

Again Cadillacs Jail Steal Tire
Leave me alone. I’m fine.
BARRY WHITE

Alone Fine Leave
There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
BARRY WHITE

Baby Music Nice People
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.
BARRY WHITE

Clubs Mind Pimp
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.
BARRY WHITE

Car Clothes Connection Nothing Writing
I’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
BARRY WHITE

Quality Sweetness Weakness
When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
BARRY WHITE

Man Thinking War
Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
BARRY WHITE

Brother Families Strong Workout
I’ve always loved War’s Low Rider and Sly Stone’s Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.
BARRY WHITE

Stones Thank Wanted War You
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.
BARRY WHITE

Cat Chop Later Truth Two Week
People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
BARRY WHITE

Always Freak Look People
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 WHITE

Business Careers Knowing
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.
BARRY WHITE

Belong Cat Fighting Mean
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.
BARRY WHITE

Baby Possibilities Sister Smile
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.
BARRY WHITE

Brother Direction One Soul
I’m never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
BARRY WHITE

Causes Inspirational Quitting
One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
BARRY WHITE

Around Preacher Turn
I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said ‘Good morning’ to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.’
BARRY WHITE

Death Morning Mother Scared
I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.
BARRY WHITE

Mother Scared Speak
The women used the music to get their men to relate to them better: “talk to me, tell me what’s on your mind.”
BARRY WHITE

Artist Better Girl Men Mind
Take it off, baby, take it all off. I want you the way you came into the world.
BARRY WHITE

Baby Sex Take World
When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.
BARRY WHITE

Bible Commit Hands Heart
Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
BARRY WHITE

Mama Save Streets Strong
We are all gods, all forces of nature. We can destroy, we can build. We are like oceans and like fires.
BARRY WHITE

Build Fire Force Ocean
Everyone to me has to pick a subject to talk about in music if you’re going to be a writer.
BARRY WHITE

Music Picks Subjects Talk Writer
When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
BARRY WHITE

Corruption Hypocrisy Saw Truth

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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