Erykah Badu Quotes
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I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record.
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All I want to do is give the world my heart... Record label tryina make me compromise my art.
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I grew up listening to old soul
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Vegan food is soul food in its truest form. Soul food means to feed the soul. And, to me, your soul is your intent. If your intent is pure, you are pure.
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A lot of people have dementia, which is great, because then they don't recognize me.
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I mean thats a big part of our existence here on earth, the personal relationship we have with the person that we love, with the person that we make love to, with the person that we share our lives with. We expect a lot of things back from our loved one, and the lesson is to accept and not expect.
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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.
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My truth is relevant and my songs are relevant, but I have to recalibrate myself and speed up my vibrations so that I can communicate with the voice of this generation.
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What draws me to a project is how sympathetic I am toward it, so that I can relax into it and give up myself.
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I imagine that when I am creating a song or a project or an album or putting some clothing together or cooking a meal, whatever it is, I don't really have a recipe. The fun part is to throw that big piece of clay in the middle of the table as hard as I can, and whatever shape it takes, that's what shape it takes, and then I start to carve away.
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As Erykah Badu, it has nothing to do with me, the way I look, my hair wrap, my style, it's about you and what you feel for my music. If I can make you feel like the way that people who influenced me made me feel, that's completion.
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Because you're responsible for [children]. You are there to protect them, not possess them. I tell them, "Watch me and you might learn something."
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Now keep in mind that I'm an artist and I'm sensitive about my sh*t
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Whenever I think about funk music, it has a look - and that's how it sounds.
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I'm a complete human being. I'm very emotional and loving. I feel, I hurt, I give, I take, and also I think. I analyze. I'm a sociologist, anthropologist.
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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.
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Breathing becomes really easy when you're laughing. It kick starts that feeling of joy.
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I could do a few more sit-ups and my waistline would be less difficult.
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He definitely does what a partner is supposed to do, that is, evolve you.
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In the morning, instead of saying to yourself, ‘I got to wake up’ say ‘I get to wake up!’
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My first, my birth mother - her name is Queenie - she gave me a powerful medicine when I was a child. She told me that, "I was the best," and it helped me so much.
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People are uncomfortable with sexuality that’s not for male consumption.
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What I like about houses like Givenchy. It's easy to pull from. With Givenchy you can accessorize to build anything, any look.
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If you invite negativity in, you have to feed it and hang out with it. Best not to invite it in.