Things are useless without practice. Erykah Badu More Quotes by Erykah Badu More Quotes From Erykah Badu My third mother is my paternal grandmother. Her name is Viola. She gave me my sense of knowing why, or knowing why it was important to ask why. She made me understand that I don't have to believe everything I hear. Erykah Badu mothernamesbelieve I was sitting at home one day and I got a call that Riccardo Tisci was considering me for the face of the Givenchy Spring/Summer 2014 campaign, and I said, "Are you kidding?" and that was the end of the conversation. I'm a really big fan. Erykah Badu summerhomespring I go through phases of stuff. Erykah Badu phasesstuff [Riccardo Tisci ] has an interesting approach to weaving the contemporary with the couture, and blending tribes and collections. It always seems to work. Erykah Badu weavingtribesinteresting 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. Erykah Badu dallasnew-yorkyears I don't know if I'll ever accomplish most of my dreams - I have so many. Erykah Badu accomplishknowsdream 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. Erykah Badu writingsongmoving I could do a few more sit-ups and my waistline would be less difficult. Erykah Badu difficultwould-be My first, my birth mother - her name is Queenie - she gave me a powerful medicine when I was a child. She told me that, "I was the best," and it helped me so much. Erykah Badu powerfulmotherchildren My nine-year-old daughter is very creative and colorful and trendy. Erykah Badu daughtercreativeyears I'm learning from them! Everyone says that, but it's true. You learn more about yourself from them than from any other lesson. Erykah Badu true-youabout-yourselflessons My fourth mother, my godmother, she passed away a couple years ago - her name was Gwen. She was the theater director over at the gym where I grew up and learned about all those awesome things I told you about already. She was the one who taught me terms like "upstage" and "downstage," all those technical things about the art of what I do - how to breathe what I see, how to move. They were all her tactics, not anything learned or given to me through a theory, but rather by her natural abilities. Erykah Badu couplemotherart Different periods, different cultures - it's just the way my mind works. My music is that way as well. There's a foundation but the inspiration comes from everywhere. I've been influenced by so many things. Erykah Badu foundationinspirationmind I actually started writing it because I was inspired by my own personal growth. Erykah Badu inspiredgrowthwriting I'm in training to become a midwife. I'm almost there and before I know it I'll be able to open my own practice, if that's what I desire. Erykah Badu trainingpracticedesire 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. Erykah Badu creatingmeanthinking I know the community mostly for its art and culture... and of course its food, I eat at their restaurants." "They make you feel like taking off your shoes... it feels like home. Erykah Badu israelhomeart I'm a woman who has gone through many heartaches, enough to dedicate my whole life to trying to figure them out. Erykah Badu heartachegonetrying When people are going on to the next plateau of whatever this thing is called life, I also want them to breathe easily, even if it's the last one they take here with us. I guess I'm the welcoming committee and ushering committee. Erykah Badu lastswantpeople Whereas I want everything to be peaceful during a birth, I take the total opposite approach when I'm helping someone come to terms with leaving this place - I play Richard Pryor records. Erykah Badu helping-someoneoppositesplay
