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Erykah Badu Facts
Erykah Badu Is Born On February 26, 1971
Erykah Badu Is Born In Dallas, United States
Erykah Badu Nationality Is American
Erykah Badu Zodiac Sign Is Pisces
Erykah Badu Zodiac Symbol Is Fish
Erykah Badu Chinese Zodiac Element Is Yin Metal
Erykah Badu Chinese Zodiac Animal Is Pig
Erykah Badu Occupation Is Musician
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Erykah Badu Quotes
And I figured out that the reason I couldnt get through the day as well as I can now is because I had too many things on my mind, on my plate, you know, for one person to have. So I started to eliminate some of the things that were too heavy to carry and unnecessary. - Erykah Badu Quotes
Anything that had to do with art I been doing all my life. It was a gift. Its nothing I work real hard at doing. - Erykah Badu Quotes
As Erykah Badu, it has nothing to do with me, the way I look, my hair wrap, my style, its about you and what you feel for my music. If I can make you feel like the way that people who influenced me made me feel, thats completion. - Erykah Badu Quotes
But now I realize that this record business really needs me. No one else is trying to take a chance or do something different. - Erykah Badu Quotes
From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what Im supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. Thats my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it. - Erykah Badu Quotes
Hopefully my music is medicine, some type of antidote for something or some kind of explanation or just to feel good. - Erykah Badu Quotes
I am not systematic at all when it comes to religion. I just love life. And Im not judgmental. And Im a vegetarian. - Erykah Badu Quotes
I believed in myself, and Ive always worked very, very hard as an artist, and I am an artist in every sense of the word. - Erykah Badu Quotes
I consider my musical ability to be a gift from the Creator. Its not that I try to work hard or nothing like that, its a gift, it was given to me, and I appreciate it. - Erykah Badu Quotes
I dont feel like I need to preach to the world or nothing like that. I just feel like I share what I say, and if listeners get it, they get it. And I never underestimate the audiences ability to feel me. - Erykah Badu Quotes
I dont read music or anything, so when I produce, I go basically by ear. - Erykah Badu Quotes
I grew up listening to old soul. - Erykah Badu Quotes
I have a master plan as an artist. Ive always said Im not going to be punching nobodys clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world. - Erykah Badu Quotes
I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, thats cool. Lets look at who Billie was: she was this person, this singer, this beautiful diva who could move the audience with the slightest gesture of her hand. - Erykah Badu Quotes
I knew it would happen. I knew Id be No. 1. Im a new artist; I dont know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldnt happen. - Erykah Badu Quotes
I love putting the music together. Its like art. - Erykah Badu Quotes
I love to leave the interpretation of my music up to the listener. Its fun to see what theyll say it is. - Erykah Badu Quotes
I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen. - Erykah Badu Quotes
I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push PLAY and RECORD. - Erykah Badu Quotes
I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesnt conform. - Erykah Badu Quotes
I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. Shes someone who wanted to help others by sharing her emotion. Thats what I do, too, so I think thats a great comparison. - Erykah Badu Quotes
Ill dabble here and there in different forms of the art, but the label has me locked down like a slave so, of course, Ill be doing albums during this time. - Erykah Badu Quotes
Im free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I dont try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I dont compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that. - Erykah Badu Quotes
Im not satisfied with the explanations I get from tv or from school. - Erykah Badu Quotes
Its almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. Its their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that its harder for us. - Erykah Badu Quotes
Man, I dont want to have nothing to do with computers. I dont want the government in my business. - Erykah Badu Quotes
Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite revolutionaries. He spoke from his heart, his mind. Thats what I want to do. - Erykah Badu Quotes
Music and the music business are two different things. - Erykah Badu Quotes
Oh, yeah, I see the world differently now. Actually, when I first had the baby, I was breast-feeding him for two years straight. So we were together for two years of his life, every single day, all hours of the day. So I was two people, and I eventually morphed back into one. - Erykah Badu Quotes
Personally, I dont choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. Thats between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator. - Erykah Badu Quotes
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