We were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn't put it out. Said it wouldn't sell.
My voice is rather quirky. It's abysmally low. People often think I'm putting it on at first. Think drunk Darth Vader. Or Barry White singing country. It suits my dark material. When I do readings, I really play it up and go subterranean. I can make the phone book sound terrifying.
The first time I was on Letterman, I was, like, 20 years old, and I was on a show called 'Camping with Barry White Night.'
I like remixing Barry White and ABBA songs.
I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a choir around that.
There was no match for Barry White. His music is just going to live forever. It's not limited to disco or soul or hip-hop or anything.
I think I sound like Barry White.
I have never been so calculating as to sing some Barry White song to get a girl. But I do think it's very romantic to cook dinner and sit around the piano at night and sing together.
Barry White seemed so filled with self-parody at first that it was easy to dismiss him. But it is becoming increasingly obvious with every additional release that he is a very talented man.
Instead of the Beatles and the Stones, my mum and dad were listening to Michael Jackson, Barry White.
