72 Quotes by Barry White

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.

I’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.

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

I’ll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.

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.

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.

When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.

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.

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.