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Through [my children] patience, they're showing me how much they support what's going on, because I'm having to do a lot of work right now.

Erykah Badu

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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
Showing
Patience
Support
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Children
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I'm more like an oven than a microwave.
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Honey isn't really that good for you.
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I love being an entertainer - not really fond of being a celebrity.
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I'm a performance artist first I'm a recording artist second.
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I'm only in competition with my last level.
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All I want to do is give the world my heart... Record label tryina make me compromise my art.
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My eyes are green, Cause I eat a lot of vegetables, It don't have nothing to do with your new friend
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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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The wise healer endures the pain. Cry. Tears bring joy.
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I view my hair and clothes as functional art.
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I'd rather see a person with a natural mind and processed mind than a processed mind and a natural head.
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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 don't read music or anything, so when I produce, I go basically by ear.
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I relate to that - he inspires me across the board. His music inspires me and reminds me to maintain honesty in the things that I do, to have an absence of fear. Listening to Earl Sweatshirt's music is like therapy to me.
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