#u

I try to tell a story musically in a song. ↗

— Barry White

#musically #song #story #tell #try

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. ↗

— Barry White

#career #expected #i #i can #i do

I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again. ↗

— Barry White

#got #i #jail #never #off

I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them. ↗

— Barry White

#i #just #loved #low #put

Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong. ↗

— Barry White

#save #streets #strong #too #tried

To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year. ↗

— E. B. White

#becomes #difficult #every #more #perceive

Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong. ↗

— Barry White

#brothers #families #five #four #had

One preacher turned me on, another turned me off. ↗

— Barry White

#me #off #preacher #turned

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim. ↗

— E. B. White

#circus #commas #fall #knives #new

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

— Barry White

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