 Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day. |
| 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. |
| I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them. |
| Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong. |
| The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent. |
| As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken. |
| 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. |
| I try to tell a story musically in a song. |
| When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy. |
| People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird. |
| 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 were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn't put it out. Said it wouldn't sell. |
| I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth. |
| 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 quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music. |
| The whole system of society tells you what to do. |
| When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand. |
| Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong. |
| One preacher turned me on, another turned me off. |
