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
War, Always, Them, Sly
I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
- Barry White
Jail, Again, Got, Stealing
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
Could, Mine, Drove, Forces
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
Thought, Cops, Weeks, Chops
Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.
- Barry White
Label, Turned, John, Elton
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
Art, Star, Beautiful Art, Deserved
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
Business, Career, Sound, Lyrics
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
Going, Dad, Fed, Daddy
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, Year, Senior Year, I Quit
Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
- Barry White
Strong, Streets, Tried, Mama
As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.
- Barry White
Freedom, Me, Meant, Believed
One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
- Barry White
Me, Another, Turned, Preacher
When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.
- Barry White
My Own, Swallow, Forced, Corruption
I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
- Barry White
Truth, Knowledge, Come, Gifts
We were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn't put it out. Said it wouldn't sell.
- Barry White
Launch, Sell, Barry, Record Company
People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
- Barry White
Weird, Me, Always, Freak
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
Think, Possibilities, Still, Baby
There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.
- Barry White
Music, People, Making, Babies
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
New, Making, Very, Statement
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, Know, Like, 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, Twice, Most, Brothers
The whole system of society tells you what to do.
- Barry White
Society, System, Whole, Tells
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