Barry White Biography

On himself:

“As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. I believed every word spoken.”

“I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior hear and I didn’t see the point. That was 1962, and I was ready to make music.”

“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.”

On race:

“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.”

On music:

“I try to see a story musically in a song.”

“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.”

“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.”

“There’s people making babies to my music. That’s nice.”