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I love putting the music together. It's like art

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Erykah Badu
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 26
Actor
Composer
Jazz Musician
Poet
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Erica Abi Wright
Erica Wright
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He definitely does what a partner is supposed to do, that is, evolve you.
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I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen.
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I consider my musical ability to be a gift from the Creator. It's not that I try to work hard or nothing like that, it's a gift, it was given to me, and I appreciate it.
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I think what makes people think that is because of things people write. It really doesn't have anything to do with the artist.
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Time to eliminate things that no longer evolve me.
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[The Land] is a film that just happens to be directed and written by a Puerto Rican guy with a black dad. It seemed like a very natural, human interaction between people who all just came from one common cesspool of bad luck.
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Being honest is my job. That's what music is for me.
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I don't require sex for happiness - I need companionship. I need a partner I can depend on, that I can love and grow with.
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I lived in New York for maybe a year and a half, from '95 to '97, but I live in Dallas. My whole family is there.
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I bring the staple of my culture.
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I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I don't compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that.
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