I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.

Erykah Badu

Categorized in : Thinking People Respect

I imagine that when I am creating a song or a project or an album or putting some clothing together or cooking a meal, whatever it is, I don't really have a recipe. The fun part is to throw that big piece of clay in the middle of the table as hard as I can, and whatever shape it takes, that's what shape it takes, and then I start to carve away.

creating song fun

I've been a vegetarian since I was 19. by Erykah Badu

I've been a vegetarian since I was 19.

vegetarian

...When it come to da: " What it do?! I don't fall for da: "Woop-... by Erykah Badu

...When it come to da: " What it do?! I don't fall for da: "Woop- TeE- WoOoo!

tees fall

I don't plan how many people I work with. I don't charge anything. It's for my own learning, and I just enjoy being the welcoming committee. I became a doula by default.

doulas welcome people

My truth is relevant and my songs are relevant, but I have to recalibrate myself and speed up my vibrations so that I can communicate with the voice of this generation.

this-generation voice song

All of my children are the same way I am. They're little artists... by Erykah Badu

All of my children are the same way I am. They're little artists too, in their own ways.

artist littles children

There are millions and billions of atoms of memory of all kinds o... by Erykah Badu

There are millions and billions of atoms of memory of all kinds of musical themes in me.

atoms musical memories

What a frequency What a voice. I love Bilal. I couldn't imagine a... by Erykah Badu

What a frequency What a voice. I love Bilal. I couldn't imagine a music world without his voice.

imagine voice world

I'm a product of its [american] teaching, of its thinking, of its -isms, of its religion, of its education. I am conditioned, raised and developed by America; I am America. And as it changes, my thoughts also change. Because no matter what I believe, what the powers-that-be believe will affect me.

teaching believe thinking

Erykah Badu projects don't even sound like Erykah Badu projects. I don't even have one album that sounds like another one of my albums.

projects albums sound

Anything that had to do with art I been doing all my life. It was a gift. It's nothing I work real hard at doing.

hard real art

I knew it would happen. I knew I'd be No. 1. I'm a new artist; I don't know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn't happen

artist knows happens

What opens my heart is when my son wakes me up in the morning, nudging me and saying, 'Mommy, mommy!'

heart morning son

I felt it would be really cool, i handpicked the artists and the music; I was just amazed that it came together so fast. It was one of the most brilliantly received pieces of the evening.

entertainment

They gave me an associate producer's role this year. by Erykah Badu

They gave me an associate producer's role this year.

entertainment