The whole system of society tells you what to do.

I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.

When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.

I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said 'Good morning' to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.'

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

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.

The women used the music to get their men to relate to them better: "talk to me, tell me what's on your mind." Men used the music to get the girls in the mood to make love. So either way you had it, Barry White is the one artist who actually was in your bedroom with you at your most sacred, sensuous moment of your life.