“We're all friends, inside the music and outside the music. I mean, we don't sound anything alike, we don't approach our music anything alike, but we come from the same genuine place. We want our music to be real and we don't want to compromise our art.” WantMeanArtRealSoundApproachGenuineCompromiseBeing Real Author:Erykah Badu
“If you want to relate to a certain audience or generation, you have to speak their language. I truly believe that.” IfsWantBelieveCertainSpeakLanguageAudienceGenerationsRelate Author:Erykah Badu
“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.” WantMomentsHomeBodyAbleBeautifulBirthWhat You WantViolentHome Birth Author:Erykah Badu
“My work as a doula also extends all the way to the end of life. I sit at the bedsides of people who are passing on in hospices or nursing homes, for the people and families who want that kind of thing.” PeopleWayWantKindEndsHomePassingPassingsNursingEnd Of LifeNursing HomeHospicePassing OnDoulas Author:Erykah Badu
“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.” PeopleIfsWantLastsNextBreatheWelcomeCommittees Author:Erykah Badu
“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.” WantPlayHelpingTermRecordsBirthApproachOppositesLeavingPeacefulHelping Someone Author:Erykah Badu
“I don't want to think too much about how I'm carving and what I'm carving - you are just carving away the excess clay and there's a piece underneath there. And it's kind of like getting out of the way. Maybe that's what the commonality is: It's getting out of the way so that the art can speak.” ThinkingWayWantKindArtSpeakToo MuchPiecesExcessClayCommonalityCarving Author:Erykah Badu
“I'm not trying to win an award for being the best vegetarian, just want to be healthy.” WantTryingWinningHealthyBeing The BestAwardsVegetarian Author:Erykah Badu
“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.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsTryingKindArtHurtCompromiseAquarius Author:Erykah Badu
“When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to make it work.” WantParentTaught Author:Erykah Badu
“Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business.” MenWantGovernmentBusinessComputer Author:Erykah Badu
“Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy.” WayWantNeedsKindArtistPaintTherapyMold Author:Erykah Badu
“Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite revolutionaries. He spoke from his heart, his mind. That's what I want to do.” WantMindHeartMy FavoriteRevolutionarySpokesMarvin Author:Erykah Badu
“I'm not trying to win an award for being the best vegetarian, just want to be healthy. Take a salt bath. Do things that my parents were never able to do. I'm blessed to do anything I want so I decide to take the best care of my body and my family in the same way. Holistically. Vitally.” WayWantTryingBodyCareAbleWinningParentHealthyMy FamilyBlessedBeing The BestAwardsVegetarianSaltBaths Author:Erykah Badu
“This pain to remain the same outweigh the pain to change... When you get tired enough is when you begin to want to sacrifice everything inside of you—the fear just leaves” WantEnoughPainSacrificeTired Author:Erykah Badu
“I know that I want to concentrate more on my inside-pretty than my outside-pretty, because thats gonna go away. But if your inside is beautiful, it never wears away. The light always shows on the outside if you are striving to be good inside.” IfsKnowsWantShowsLightBeautifulStriveBe GoodGoing Away Author:Erykah Badu
“From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That's my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it.” WorldWantGivingEnergyEnjoyI RealizedReceivingApplause Author:Erykah Badu
“Society has a problem with female nudity when it is not . . . ”—Badu pauses to get her words together; she wants this point to be very clear—“. . . when it is not packaged for the consumption of male entertainment. Then it becomes confusing.” WantProblemTogetherClearFemaleMalesEntertainmentConsumptionPausesConfusingNudity Author:Erykah Badu
“All I want to do is give the world my heart... Record label tryina make me compromise my art.” WorldWantGivingHeartArtRecordsMy HeartCompromiseLabelsRecord Labels Author:Erykah Badu
