Barry White Quotes: 20 Sayings By Grammy-Award Winner On 15th Death Anniversary

Barry White, the four-time Grammy Award-winning musician died on June 4, 2003, of kidney failure at the age of 58. Wednesday marks his 15th death anniversary.

White is best known for songs like "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby," "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up," "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe" and "You're The First, The Last, My Everything,” hits he composed with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, which he founded in 1969. He became famous for his unique deep voice and lyrics, along with a romantic image.

Here are a few quotes to remember the legendary musician, courtesy of Brainy Quotes and A-Z Quotes:

“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.”

“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.”

“The whole system of society tells you what to do.”

“As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.”

“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.”

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

“All I had was the will and the love for music. I couldn't read music or write it. No connections, no car, no money, no bankroll, no clothes, no nothing.”

“When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I try to tell a story musically in a song.”

“Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.”

“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.”

“I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.”

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

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

“In my day, we didn't have the cocaine, so we went out and knocked somebody over the head and took the money. But today, all this cocaine and crack, it doesn't give kids a chance.”

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

“One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.”

“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.”