Erykah Badu Quotes

• Music and the music business are two different things.

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• I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn’t conform.

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• I love putting the music together. It’s like art.

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• I knew it would happen. I knew I’d be No. 1. I’m a new artist; I don’t know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn’t happen.

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• I grew up listening to old soul.

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

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• I believed in myself, and I’ve always worked very, very hard as an artist, and I am an artist in every sense of the word.

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• I am not systematic at all when it comes to religion. I just love life. And I’m not judgmental. And I’m a vegetarian.

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

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• From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I’m supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That’s my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it.

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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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• And I figured out that the reason I couldn’t get through the day as well as I can now is because I had too many things on my mind, on my plate, you know, for one person to have. So I started to eliminate some of the things that were too heavy to carry and unnecessary.

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Erykah Badu (52)

Birth:	26th February, 1971
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Lyricist, Record Producer, Singer

About

Erykah Abi Wright, better known by her stage name Erykah Badu was born in Dallas, Texas, USA. She is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Her first album, Baduizm, was released on February 11, 1997. It spawned three singles: "On & On", "Next Lifetime" and "Otherside of the Game". The album was certified triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Her albums list shown below: But You Caint Use My Phone, Mama's Gun, Live, and Worldwide Underground. Her role in several films include: The Cider House Rules, House of D, and Before the Music Dies.

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