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Mama tried to save us from th...

Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.

Barry White 65 quotes

Been making love for hours an...

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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I didn't mind working in the ...

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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I woke up one morning, went d...

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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I never learned to read or wr...

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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The women used the music to g...

The women used the music to get their men to relate to them better: "talk to me, tell me what's on your mind." 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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There's a time when people gi...

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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In my day, we didn't have the...

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.

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The cops picked me up for att...

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 ...

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.

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We forget that this music, mu...

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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I quit high school on my birt...

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.

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Disco deserved a better name,...

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'm very happy with this new ...

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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As a boy, I believed freedom ...

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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I don't know if it's my music...

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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No one could understand the b...

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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When I commit, I commit with ...

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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If you were a young kid, 19, ...

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. 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 Ri...

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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