Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes

What singing means to me, I never did consider myself a singer, I just let people watch me feel music and how it comes through me. I've worked on it and practiced a lot. I mean, music, I dance to it, and singing is just one way of getting it out of me.

Erykah Badu

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• I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.

  

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• I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.

  

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• 'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.

  

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• As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.

  

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• When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.

  

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• I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.

  

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• The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.

  

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• When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St. Petersburg. So I went, and I was so inspired.

  

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• I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.

  

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• People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.

  

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• It seems astonishing to be paid for indulging in pure pleasure. For me to go to Coburg is rather as if a trainspotter was sent for a few weeks to Swindon or a chocoholic asked on holiday by Green and Black.

  

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• I do freestyle jumping. Been doing since I was eight years old and can't quit. I'm addicted. I've broken many bones, but I ride with confidence. It's my thing - there's no high on earth like it. It's my hobby and I really enjoy it.

  

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• What singing means to me, I never did consider myself a singer, I just let people watch me feel music and how it comes through me. I've worked on it and practiced a lot. I mean, music, I dance to it, and singing is just one way of getting it out of me.

  

  Erykah Badu
  • People
  • Music
  • Mean