Barry White famous quotes

There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.
-- Barry White

#Music #Baby #Nice

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.
-- Barry White

#Beautiful #Art #Stars

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

#Truth #Hypocrisy #Saws

I try to tell a story musically in a song.
-- Barry White

#Song #Trying #Stories

As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.
-- Barry White

#Boys #America

Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.
-- Barry White

#Labels #Opinion

I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
-- Barry White

#Knowledge Wisdom

I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
-- Barry White

#Jail #Cadillacs #Tire

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 #One Direction #Soul

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 #People #Different

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 #Two #Licking

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

#Careers #Knowing #Sound

It's ecstasy when you're laying down next to me.
-- Barry White

#Expression #Laying Down #Next

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

#Thank You #War #Stones

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.
-- Barry White

#Writing #Fool #Boring

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

Take it off, baby, take it all off. I want you the way you came into the world.
-- Barry White

#Baby #Sex #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.
-- Barry White

#Girl #Baby #Strong

I'm never gonna quit, cause quitting' just ain't my schtick.
-- Barry White

#Inspirational #Causes #Quitting

I'm so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
-- Barry White

#Quality #Weakness #Sweetness

The whole system of society tells you what to do.
-- Barry White

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 White

#Kids #Giving #Cracks

I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said 'Good morning' to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.'
-- Barry White

#Mother #Morning #Scared

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

#Strong #Mama #Streets

When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.
-- Barry White

#Heart #Hands #Commit

Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
-- Barry White

#Strong #Workout #Brother

People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
-- Barry White

#People #Freak

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 #Travel #Father

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 #Senior #School

One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
-- Barry White

#Preacher

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 #Brother #Thinking

You're the first, the last, and my everything and the answer to all my dreams. You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star, my kind of wonderful, that's what you are
-- Barry White

#Love #Friendship #Dream