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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
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Dallas
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I love being an entertainer - not really fond of being a celebrity.
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I have an organization called BLIND [Beautiful Love Incorporated Nonprofit Development], so named because even though my interest is in the black community, because that's where I grew up and that's where I'm most skilled in fixing things, it doesn't end there.
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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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When people are going on to the next plateau of whatever this thing is called life, I also want them to breathe easily, even if it's the last one they take here with us. I guess I'm the welcoming committee and ushering committee.
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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 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'm only in competition with my last level.
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It's just that little box in the middle of Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Most of the time I go I don't even leave that apartment. I have just enough: a little bed, a little kitchen with two pots. I make some tea and I look out the window or just lay down.
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