Quotes by Barry White

“Theres people making babies to my music. Thats nice.”

“In my day, we didnt 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 doesnt give kids a chance.”

“I hope young people will see how I changed my life and how its up to them to make changes in their own lives to succeed.”

“Im very fortunate to have a career that has lasted as long as it has. Did I think it would last this long? No way!”

“I started fooling around with the intro to one of the songs. Then another song, and another song... I was so excited when I went into the studio. I knew I needed to find a singer to sing these new songs. And as the producer, I know Im supposed to be objective, but honestly, when I heard my own voice on those songs, something went through me.”

“When I tell people [I was an auditor], theyre like, huh?”

“We like it up here, ... The audience is very receptive.”

I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didnt see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.

Ill come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldnt swallow the hypocrisy.

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.

We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. Its just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile.

I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didnt. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. Youre looking at a real daddy.