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I have a Pinterest, and if you look there you'll see the things I really like and adore, have crushes on, and there's a lot of stuff from Riccardo's [Tisci] line on there.

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Erykah Badu
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 26
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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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From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That's my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it.
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I just love expressing my joy and my mind through what I wear, or how I cook, or how I dance, or how I write or perform a song - how I move.
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Time to eliminate things that no longer evolve me.
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I don't sing melodically. Rhyme pattern is how I sing. I also write like a lyricist or an MC because that's what I was before I was a singer. I just took those elements and put them into music.
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People who say that music is dead or hip-hop is dead are refusing to evolve.
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I love being an entertainer - not really fond of being a celebrity.
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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.
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The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear.
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Society has a problem with female nudity when it is not . . . ”—Badu pauses to get her words together she wants this point to be very clear—“. . . when it is not packaged for the consumption of male entertainment. Then it becomes confusing.
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I don't read music or anything, so when I produce, I go basically by ear.
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All the women in my family were very creative.
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My hair is an aesthetic choice… At the same time, how you wear your hair is a political statement as well.
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I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.
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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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Better think while it's still legal.
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