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Barry White

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 never gonna quit, cause quitting’ just ain’t my schtick.
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Causes Inspirational Quitting
It’s ecstasy when you’re laying down next to me.
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Expression Laying Down Next
I try to tell a story musically in a song.
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Song Stories Trying
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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Caring Different People
I’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
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Quality Sweetness Weakness
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.
BARRY WHITE

Artist Black Littles Women
Take it off, baby, take it all off. I want you the way you came into the world.
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Baby Sex Take World
I never learned to read or write music. Never wanted to fool with scales. That was boring, forced. The music I heard was free – flowing.
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Boring Flowing Fool Writing
Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
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Day Labels Opinion Turn
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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Boys Country Freedom Spoken
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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Anybody Kid Money Refused Tougher Welfare
I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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Again Cadillacs Jail Steal Tire
Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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Alone Fine Leave
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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Cat Chop Later Truth Two Week
I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said ‘Good morning’ to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.’
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Death Morning Mother Scared
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
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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Baby Father Travel
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
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
When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
BARRY WHITE

Man Thinking War
If you were a young kid, 19, 20 years old who has two children and a third one on the way and refuses to leave them.
BARRY WHITE

Children Kids Years
I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn’t see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.
BARRY WHITE

Birthday School Senior
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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Brother Families Strong Workout
Been making love for hours and, baby, we’re still going strong. Girl, this night is ours and I swear I feel it coming on. All I know is when we get through, I ain’t going to be able to move.
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Baby Girl Hour Night Strong
When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
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Corruption Hypocrisy Saw Truth
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

I’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.

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