72 Quotes by Barry White

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

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

We were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn't put it out. Said it wouldn't sell.

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.

Everyone to me has to pick a subject to talk about in music if you're going to be a writer.

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.

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

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.

Leave me alone. I'm fine.