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

We are all gods, all forces of nature. We can destroy, we can build. We are like oceans and like fires.

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.

I'm so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.

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.

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't 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.