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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.
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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Recording Artist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Dallas
Texas
Erica Abi Wright
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What singing means to me, I never did consider myself a singer, I just let people watch me feel music and how it comes through me. I've worked on it and practiced a lot. I mean, music, I dance to it, and singing is just one way of getting it out of me.
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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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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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I think giving is a blind act that should come from a part of me that sees no discrimination (that's why I called it blind).
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I come from a long line of matriarchal women, and my greatest teachers were my mothers.
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Music and the music business are two different things.
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I bring the staple of my culture.
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My fifth mother is Mother Nature - the things I had to learn on my own, the understanding I had to come to and still have to come to as a young woman, as a responsible mother, a responsible granddaughter and child. She teaches me willpower, honesty, and the things we need to heal ourselves from moment to moment.
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I'm pretty mutable as a human being.
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I'm learning from them! Everyone says that, but it's true. You learn more about yourself from them than from any other lesson.
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I strongly believe that the more positive my vibration is, the clearer my message will be. I keep my negative thoughts from infiltrating my pathway and my dreams. Other people's thoughts are none of my business.
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My nine-year-old daughter is very creative and colorful and trendy.
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He definitely does what a partner is supposed to do, that is, evolve you.
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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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Honey isn't really that good for you.
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I was the bohemian in my family, the this is my favorite shoe and I don't care if it has tape around it kind of person. The tape could become a fashion statement. Or a political statement.
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My mom was the Diana Ross of our clan. She was always up-to-date, and always knew what to do and what not to do in a fashion sense.
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People are uncomfortable with sexuality that’s not for male consumption.
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Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator.
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