Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
André and I are still best of friends, always have been and always will be. When our 18-year-old son, Seven, started high school, we both agreed to be in the same city, so André is in Dallas all the time, and we're always all together doing something.
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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
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I'm going for Britain's Best Dressed Man award, but strangely, I'm never on the list.
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André and I are still best of friends, always have been and always will be. When our 18-year-old son, Seven, started high school, we both agreed to be in the same city, so André is in Dallas all the time, and we're always all together doing something.
