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I try to be honest and I keep moving.
Erykah Badu
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Erykah Badu
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 26
Actor
Composer
Jazz Musician
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Dallas
Texas
Erica Abi Wright
Erica Wright
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But now I realize that this record business really needs me. No one else is trying to take a chance or do something different.
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I love being an entertainer - not really fond of being a celebrity.
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I view my hair and clothes as functional art.
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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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My favorite jewelry, it's just what I'm feeling at the time.
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The metal or the stone that's helping me .I'll incorporate them into anything I wear - but I think it's about accessories more than anything, because it's how you accessorize yourself that gives you your own unique style.
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I've been a vegetarian since I was 19.
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If you want to relate to a certain audience or generation, you have to speak their language. I truly believe that.
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Whenever I think about funk music, it has a look - and that's how it sounds.
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All the women in my family were very creative.
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Hip-hop is not something we do, it's something we live. It's the way we dress, the way we talk... everybody bobbing to the same beat. It's a culture, and you have to find your own place in that culture. Top 10 or Top 40 can't dictate that. They can only dictate what's marketable.
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