Erykah Badu Quotes

• I just want a chance to fly A chance to cry, and a long bye bye.

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• No one chooses to raise children alone.

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• I’ve had two children. I’ve had three boyfriends. I’ve had a lot of things happen that can change your opinions and values and philosophies.

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• I’m a performance artist first; I’m a recording artist second.

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• I’m a Pisces, so I’m a very closed-book kind of person.

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• I can be Erykah the human being more than the celebrity.

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• I’m kind of a recluse when it comes to going outside.

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• I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women.

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• I love being an entertainer – not really fond of being a celebrity.

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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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• I’m a woman who has gone through many heartaches, enough to dedicate my whole life to trying to figure them out.

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• When you’re in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to make it work.

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• I would do it today because the thing that appealed to me was not What does music mean to me? I don’t think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It’s my means of communication, my means of growth, my means of transportation from one point in my life to another.

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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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• Anything that had to do with art I been doing all my life. It was a gift. It’s nothing I work real hard at doing.

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• 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.

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• What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I’m a good person to society. That’s hard. The talent, that’s a gift. I just came here like that.

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• What does music mean to me? I don’t think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It’s my means of communication, my means of growth, my means of transportation from one point in my life to another.

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  Tags in Transportation, Growth, Communication

• Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don’t have sense enough to take advantage of that.

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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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