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.
BARRY WHITEDisco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star.
More Barry White Quotes
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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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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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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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Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
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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.
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Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star.
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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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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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When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
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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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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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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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There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.
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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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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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