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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.

Erykah Badu

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Erykah Badu
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 26
Actor
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Jazz Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
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Dallas
Texas
Erica Abi Wright
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I've been a vegetarian since I was 19.
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I'm a performance artist first I'm a recording artist second.
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Whenever I think about funk music, it has a look - and that's how it sounds.
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I have a pair of blue pants that were my favorite for a while and were a part of my show uniform - every night, you know.
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I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world.
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I was sitting at home one day and I got a call that Riccardo Tisci was considering me for the face of the Givenchy Spring/Summer 2014 campaign, and I said, Are you kidding? and that was the end of the conversation. I'm a really big fan.
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I'm a Pisces, so I'm a very closed-book kind of person.
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I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen.
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Time to eliminate things that no longer evolve me.
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I think we [with Riccardo Tisci] share a sensibility about art - we pull from the ancient future.
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I come from a long line of matriarchal women, and my greatest teachers were my mothers.
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People who say that music is dead or hip-hop is dead are refusing to evolve.
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