Song Quotes by Erykah Badu

I don't have one song that sounds like another one in my entire catalog.

— Erykah Badu

Music and the music business are two different things.

— Erykah Badu

The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.

— Erykah Badu

I don't read music or anything, so when I produce, I go basically by ear.

— Erykah Badu

There are millions and billions of atoms of memory of all kinds of musical themes in me.

— Erykah Badu

Whenever I think about funk music, it has a look - and that's how it sounds.

— Erykah Badu

Being honest is my job. That's what music is for me.

— Erykah Badu

I solidify his [ Riccardo Tisci] vision and what he is trying to manifest, make it a crystal or solid thing because…

— Erykah Badu

It's weird, but if I decide to do an album, then the ideas start fitting themselves together. I consider myself a nice,…

— Erykah Badu

I don't sing melodically. Rhyme pattern is how I sing. I also write like a lyricist or an MC because that's what…

— Erykah Badu

During childbirth and hospice I'll sing gospel songs that my grandma taught me when I was younger, or something I've made up,…

— Erykah Badu

The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I…

— Erykah Badu

Hopefully my music is medicine, some type of antidote for something or some kind of explanation or just to feel good.

— Erykah Badu

I love to leave the interpretation of my music up to the listener. It's fun to see what they'll say it is

— Erykah Badu

My truth is relevant and my songs are relevant, but I have to recalibrate myself and speed up my vibrations so that…

— Erykah Badu

What does music mean to me? I don't think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It's…

— Erykah Badu

What singing means to me, I never did consider myself a singer, I just let people watch me feel music and how…

— Erykah Badu

I imagine that when I am creating a song or a project or an album or putting some clothing together or cooking…

— Erykah Badu

They usually have a piano in every nursing home, and I always wanted to perform for whoever would listen when I learned…

— Erykah Badu

I have so much music that I do. Just like how a visual artist is always sketching something but they might not…

— Erykah Badu

I just love expressing my joy and my mind through what I wear, or how I cook, or how I dance, or…

— Erykah Badu