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I try to tell a story musically in a song.

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.
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Baby Father Travel
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
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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Clubs Mind Pimp
Leave me alone. I’m fine.
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Alone Fine Leave
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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Artist Better Girl Men Mind
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
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
Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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Mama Save Streets Strong
I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.
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Mother Scared Speak
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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Car Clothes Connection Nothing Writing
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
Elton John’s opinion turned the label’s opinion around, all in a day.
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Day Labels Opinion Turn
We are all gods, all forces of nature. We can destroy, we can build. We are like oceans and like fires.
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Build Fire Force Ocean
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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Bible Commit Hands Heart
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
When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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Man Thinking War
I try to tell a story musically in a song.
BARRY WHITE

Song Stories Trying
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
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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Baby Possibilities Sister Smile
People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
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Always Freak Look People
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.
BARRY WHITE

Caring Different People
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
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
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’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
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Quality Sweetness Weakness
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
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

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