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All the women in my family were very creative.
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
Women
Creative
Family
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There are millions and billions of atoms of memory of all kinds of musical themes in me.
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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 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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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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I don't read music or anything, so when I produce, I go basically by ear.
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I don't know... I've been doing it for 17 years now, so of course I've seen pictures and thought, Oh my god, I wish I would've never worn that. Yeah, but I did! And it was probably because it was my favorite thing at the time - my clothes always have some kind of emotion attached to them.
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When I get ready to do an album, that means I have something to say for the sake of words, and I listen back to all of the things I've been creating and pull things from out of the air to go with them. It's almost like I start creating the album before I even think about creating it.
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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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Honey isn't really that good for you.
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If you want to relate to a certain audience or generation, you have to speak their language. I truly believe that.
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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 favorite jewelry, it's just what I'm feeling at the time.
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I'm a performance artist first I'm a recording artist second.
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Breathing becomes really easy when you're laughing. It kick starts that feeling of joy.
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I'm not satisfied with the explanations I get from tv or from school.
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Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite revolutionaries. He spoke from his heart, his mind. That's what I want to do.
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My girls are very fashionable. They have a very good eye for marrying style and fashion.
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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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He definitely does what a partner is supposed to do, that is, evolve you.
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...When it come to da: What it do?! I don't fall for da: Woop- TeE- WoOoo!
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