Quotes from Erykah Badu

I believed in myself, and I've always worked very, very hard as an artist, and I am an artist in every sense of the word.

It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.

I'm a Pisces, so I'm a very closed-book kind of person.

I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I don't compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that.

In the morning, instead of saying to yourself, 'I got to wake up' say 'I get to wake up!'

The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.

Whenever I think about funk music, it has a look - and that's how it sounds.

Being honest is my job. That's what music is for me.

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.

People who say that music is dead or hip-hop is dead are refusing to evolve.

We mainly focus on putting music, art, dance, theater, all forms of art, back into the community, so the community can put it into the world.

Peace and Blessings manifest with every lesson learned. If your knowledge were your wealth then it would be well earned.

We lock ourselves into our own philosophies, our own religions, our own walks of life, and if we fail, we condemn ourselves and then we get sick.

I've had two children. I've had three boyfriends. I've had a lot of things happen that can change your opinions and values and philosophies.

If we were made in his image then call us by our names. Most intellects do not believe in god but they fear us just the same

The light always shows on the outside if you are striving to be good on the inside.

My girls are very fashionable. They have a very good eye for marrying style and fashion.

Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business.

A home birth is about being able to create exactly what you want, because it's such a violent moment inside of the body that you want everything else to be as beautiful as it can be.

I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen.

I encourage breaking free of self inflicted holding pens. I encourage the use of intelligence in every decision. I encourage creating.

My eyes are green, Cause I eat a lot of vegetables, It don't have nothing to do with your new friend

Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don't have sense enough to take advantage of that.

I solidify his [ Riccardo Tisci] vision and what he is trying to manifest, make it a crystal or solid thing because of the relationship I have with my culture and what my music means to him.