Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
Some people come up and ask for an autograph and don't even look at me. They're like, 'Here, do it.' That don't bother me, but it doesn't open my heart.
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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
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I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.
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Any virus that's been sequenced today - that genome can be made.
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Some people come up and ask for an autograph and don't even look at me. They're like, 'Here, do it.' That don't bother me, but it doesn't open my heart.
