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What draws me to a project is how sympathetic I am toward it, so that I can relax into it and give up myself.
Erykah Badu
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Erykah Badu
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 26
Actor
Composer
Jazz Musician
Poet
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Recording Artist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Dallas
Texas
Erica Abi Wright
Erica Wright
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I feel like I haven't done anything. What have I done? I've just made a few records.
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That's the moment I learned that the more you believe in yourself, the stronger the vibration touches someone else, and things begin to happen the way you dreamed that they would.
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Different periods, different cultures - it's just the way my mind works. My music is that way as well. There's a foundation but the inspiration comes from everywhere. I've been influenced by so many things.
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The wise healer endures the pain. Cry. Tears bring joy.
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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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