“I'd rather see a person with a natural mind and processed mind than a processed mind and a natural head.” MindPersonsNatural Author:Erykah Badu
“I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.” PeopleThinkingKnowsPersonsIndividualLostRespectConformityConformLost Respect Author:Erykah Badu
“What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good person to society. That's hard. The talent, that's a gift. I just came here like that.” KindPersonsHardPathTalentHard WorkProveStayingBe KindGood Person Author:Erykah Badu
“And I figured out that the reason I couldn't 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.” KnowsMindWellsPersonsI CanReasonHeavyPlatesUnnecessaryThings On My Mind Author:Erykah Badu
“I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's cool. Let's 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.” IfsLooksPersonsFeelingsHandsBeautifulMovingSoundAbilityEmotionAudienceSingersHolidayGestures Author:Erykah Badu
“I was the bohemian in my family, the "this is my favorite shoe and I don't care if it has tape around it" kind of person. The tape could become a fashion statement. Or a political statement.” IfsKindPersonsCarePoliticalFashionMy FamilyShoesMy FavoriteDon't CareStatementsI Don't CareTapeBohemianFashion Statement Author:Erykah Badu
“They play it safe, are quick to assassinate what they do not understand. They move in packs, ingesting more and more fear with every act of hate on one another.” FeelsPersonsPlayMovingHateIndividualGroupsCircumstancesSafeComfortableGuiltEvolvePacksSingle Person Author:Erykah Badu
“I mean thats a big part of our existence here on earth, the personal relationship we have with the person that we love, with the person that we make love to, with the person that we share our lives with. We expect a lot of things back from our loved one, and the lesson is to accept and not expect.” MeanPersonsBigsEarthExistenceAcceptingOur LivesShareLessonsLoved OnesMaking LovePersonal Relationships Author:Erykah Badu