Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
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Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I brought several national projects to Katihar.
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From the ashes of a financial crash, there is a chance to create a new economic settlement that is more equal, sustainable and democratic.
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One can no longer live with people: it is too hideous and nauseating. Owners and owned, they are like the two sides of a ghastly disease.
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I have a blog in Chinese, which you can follow, Chinese signs. But I don't even update at all, often I don't.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
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Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.
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It's interesting, because I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her. All the survival stuff, too. And then the next album is 'Maya,' which is not my real name. It's fake.
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Every time you pass a law, it is a little bite out of freedom.
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I need to have proper equipment when I work out, and the Nike Frees are light, comfortable, and great for training. I also usually bring a short-sleeve or long-sleeve compression shirt and a pair of shorts.
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If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
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I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.
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I have chosen to keep my personal life separate from my music, as the two are exclusive from each other, and I want to remain that way. I'll talk music, production, writing songs, touring with anyone but keep religion, politics and world affairs off the table, as my expertise is in songs and music.
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Maybe if I knew music I couldn't do what I am doing.
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From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties.
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Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion is struggling, technology is stressful, and the economy is unfortunate. What's one thing that we have in our lives that we can depend on? A dog or a cat loving us unconditionally, every day, very faithfully.
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Whenever I think about funk music, it has a look - and that's how it sounds.
