People who say that music is dead or hip-hop is dead are refusing to evolve. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
They usually have a piano in every nursing home, and I always wanted to perform for whoever would listen when I learned… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
Oh, yeah, I see the world differently now. Actually, when I first had the baby, I was breast-feeding him for two years… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
Some people come up and ask for an autograph and don't even look at me. They're like, 'Here, do it.' That don't… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
When people are going on to the next plateau of whatever this thing is called life, I also want them to breathe… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
What singing means to me, I never did consider myself a singer, I just let people watch me feel music and how… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
As Erykah Badu, it has nothing to do with me, the way I look, my hair wrap, my style, it's about you… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
We were all born, and we all came to the music business with everything we had. Some of us just don't get… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
A lot of people have dementia, which is great, because then they don't recognize me. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
The reason why you don't see people looking like me is because I don't encourage that. I encourage you to be you. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
We as Black people have to tell our own stories. We have to document our history. When we allow someone else to… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is the people. What the people are moving toward is what hip-hop is. I think people are moving toward a freer… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
[The Land] is a film that just happens to be directed and written by a Puerto Rican guy with a black dad.… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I think what makes people think that is because of things people write. It really doesn't have anything to do with the… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I have advice for people - period - who are in unhealthy relationships: Follow your heart. It will get you to where… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
People are uncomfortable with sexuality that’s not for male consumption. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I had the opportunity, as a child, to grow up in a community center where I was exposed to theater, music, art,… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I strongly believe that the more positive my vibration is, the clearer my message will be. I keep my negative thoughts from… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I don't plan how many people I work with. I don't charge anything. It's for my own learning, and I just enjoy… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
My work as a doula also extends all the way to the end of life. I sit at the bedsides of people… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
My paternal grandmother gave me the courage to investigate things and not take things at face value or judge people by what… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I trust the political system to be what it is. It's a structure to keep the country running, a boat to get… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
When I get ready to do an album, that means I have something to say for the sake of words, and I listen back… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I just love expressing my joy and my mind through what I wear, or how I cook, or how I dance, or how I… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
...When it come to da: " What it do?! I don't fall for da: "Woop- TeE- WoOoo! — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I relate to that - he inspires me across the board. His music inspires me and reminds me to maintain honesty in the things… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'll ever accomplish most of my dreams - I have so many. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
There are millions and billions of atoms of memory of all kinds of musical themes in me. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
My second mother is my maternal grandmother. Her name is Thelma. She also gave me a very powerful medicine; she made sure that I… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
My mom was the Diana Ross of our clan. She was always up-to-date, and always knew what to do and what not to do… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I actually started writing it because I was inspired by my own personal growth. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
People who say that music is dead or hip-hop is dead are refusing to evolve. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
My first, my birth mother - her name is Queenie - she gave me a powerful medicine when I was a child. She told… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image