Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
Im a hip-hopper, and its something you live and do. It makes me angry that were misrepresented, that were being killed every day by one another, by the government, by the food we eat, the choices we make. It makes me angry because it doesnt have to be that way and it is.
Quotes to Explore
-
I get up, go and get a coffee, and go do the crossword - I'm loyal to one particular paper, the 'Guardian' - and that's my idea of a perfect morning.
-
I don't have a connection to the fashion world at all.
-
There's never going to be a great misunderstanding of me. I think I'm a little whacked.
-
Another occupation might have been better.
-
When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.
-
To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.
-
I've often reflected on this in the past weeks as I've been following the presidential campaign: Very often, I thought it would have been great for both of these guys to sit down and be force-fed a couple of dozen episodes of Star Trek.
-
Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spending time with my family, friends and dog are what I'm usually doing when I'm not working on something.
-
I didn't want to do movies with hundreds of camels crossing the desert followed by tanks and this and that.
-
I'll kind of get interested in a subject and I won't know why. It'll be in my head for many years and I'll say, 'Do I know enough here to research?'
-
I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
-
Vocally, I have learned to find my strength, and my voice has developed a lot since 'Be Here.' I learned to sing with all of my body.
-
I was physically abused and I retaliated.
-
I think one of the most boring things is a person's taste.
-
No Afghans, as far as we know, have been involved in terrorist acts against our country. We shouldn't be swatting at hornets' nests we know nothing about.
-
I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules.
-
I'm like a packrat with work. I hoard my jobs.
-
We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
-
Fashion shows are really my way of communication.
-
The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.
-
There is much to be said for post-menopausal celibacy. Sex is rough on loners because you have to have somebody else around, but now I don't. No more diets to stay slim and desirable: I've had sex and I've had food, and I'd rather eat.
-
We've got some fundamental choices to make about the kind of country we want to be. Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well, or are we going to build an economy where everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead?
-
Bad weather has grounded the Luftwaffe and now we must stand by and watch countless thousands of the enemy getting away to England under our noses.
-
Im a hip-hopper, and its something you live and do. It makes me angry that were misrepresented, that were being killed every day by one another, by the government, by the food we eat, the choices we make. It makes me angry because it doesnt have to be that way and it is.
