A biography for Barry Whitehasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.”
“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.”
“People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.”
“The whole system of society tells you what to do.”
“I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.”
“I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.”
“There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.”
“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.”
“One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.”
“As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.”
“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.”
“I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.”
“We were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn't put it out. Said it wouldn't sell.”
“I try to tell a story musically in a song.”
“Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.”
“When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.”