Erykah Badu Quotes
-
I don't want to think too much about how I'm carving and what I'm carving - you are just carving away the excess clay and there's a piece underneath there. And it's kind of like getting out of the way. Maybe that's what the commonality is: It's getting out of the way so that the art can speak.
-
This pain to remain the same outweigh the pain to change... When you get tired enough is when you begin to want to sacrifice everything inside of you—the fear just leaves
-
My style is a little masculine, and what I loved about Pyer Moss was how well he can make a blazer, the looseness of those pants, or color palette that he chooses from season to season.
-
A home birth is about being able to create exactly what you want, because it's such a violent moment inside of the body that you want everything else to be as beautiful as it can be.
-
When people are going on to the next plateau of whatever this thing is called life, I also want them to breathe easily, even if it's the last one they take here with us. I guess I'm the welcoming committee and ushering committee.
-
I relate to that - he inspires me across the board. His music inspires me and reminds me to maintain honesty in the things that I do, to have an absence of fear. Listening to Earl Sweatshirt's music is like therapy to me.
-
Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite revolutionaries. He spoke from his heart, his mind. That's what I want to do.
-
Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator.
-
I don't think it matters what school you go to, but I think it's important for parents to be involved. And to know that when school stops, learning continues, and to continue teaching at home.
-
I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women.
-
They usually have a piano in every nursing home, and I always wanted to perform for whoever would listen when I learned something. I grew to understand very early that a lot of these people who are in nursing homes are elderly and don't have a lot of things that give them joy from day to day.
-
Following your heart also means eliminating the things that no longer evolve you.
-
What makes me furious, not just because we're in an interview, but I don't like when writers take your words and put them somewhere else, in the wrong context in their own article about you.
-
I don't require sex for happiness - I need companionship. I need a partner I can depend on, that I can love and grow with.
-
My hair is an aesthetic choice… At the same time, how you wear your hair is a political statement as well.
-
I don't read music or anything, so when I produce, I go basically by ear.
-
If you make a decision, a pact with someone, your friend, you should say, 'I'm gonna do this,' and you should stick to it.
-
I don't have one song that sounds like another one in my entire catalog.
-
My work as a doula also extends all the way to the end of life. I sit at the bedsides of people who are passing on in hospices or nursing homes, for the people and families who want that kind of thing.
-
I encourage breaking free of self inflicted holding pens. I encourage the use of intelligence in every decision. I encourage creating.
-
When you're performing, you're creating a moment.
-
I can be Erykah the human being more than the celebrity.
-
The reason why you don't see people looking like me is because I don't encourage that. I encourage you to be you.
-
I don't know why, it's just what I feel inside, the thoughts that I sing about. It's just my truth. Sometimes my emotions can be mistaken for messages.