Love Is The Icon

At age 58 - Barry White passed away this of 4th of July. White, who had suffered kidney failure from years of high blood pressure, had been undergoing dialysis treatment and had been hospitalized since last September. There are not many R&B artist that could lay down the butter-smooth vocals like Barry. All the real talent is gradually fading away and being replaced by groups like B2K, etc. RIP Barry.

Interview Magazine
Author/s: Vivien Goldman
Issue: August, 1999

VG. You wrote a song about your split from Glodean, “Whatever We Had, We Had.” Is there a way to keep a breakup civilized, even if it’s painful?

BW. I think that is the intelligent thing to do. See, I know nothing is guaranteed. You do what you can and you love the best you can. Because when you fall in love, you give up a lot of your clear thinking. That’s why I wrote the song. It was true: Whatever we had, we had. I haven’t changed about love, honey. It’s still the landlord. It still rules.