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As an actor, I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you. I've been doing this for 26 years and some of the things I've done are always with me. ↗

— Forest Whitaker

#always #been #character #characters #connect

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. ↗

— Barry White

#beginning #brothers #forget #i #i think

I grew up with all kinds ofmusic, but my heart was particularly drawn to Country Music because of the guitar playing, the lyrics and of artists like Steve Warner and Vince Gill. ↗

— Bryan White

#because #country #country music #drawn #grew

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. ↗

— Barry White

#high #high school #i #i quit #make

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'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

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

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