“If you make a decision, a pact with someone, your friend, you should say, 'I'm gonna do this,' and you should stick to it.” Quote by Erykah Badu
“We lock ourselves into our own philosophies, our own religions, our own walks of life, and if we fail, we condemn ourselves and then we get sick.” IfsPhilosophyWalksFailingSickLocksWalks Of Life Author:Erykah Badu
“What opens my heart is when my son wakes me up in the morning, nudging me and saying, 'Mommy, mommy!'” HeartMorningSonMy HeartMy Son Author:Erykah Badu
“Some people come up and ask for an autograph and don't even look at me. They're like, 'Here, do it.' That don't bother me, but it doesn't open my heart.” PeopleLooksHeartAsksMy HeartCome UpBotherLook At MeAutographs Author:Erykah Badu
“I asked the head musician if I could go onstage during the next break and he said sure. I got two laughs in twenty minutes, and walked out feeling more elated than I had ever felt in my entire life. The glory of that triumph contented me for two full years.” IfsYearsSaidTwoFeelingsNextFeltBreakLaughingMinutesMusicianGloryTwentiesTriumphIf I Could Author:Emo Philips
“Even the worst comic is at least somewhat entertaining, if only in a pathological way, for five minutes.” IfsWayFiveMinutesWorstComicEntertainingFive Minutes Author:Emo Philips
“In college I was one of six males who auditioned for five male roles in a comedy play. I was the one rejected. At that moment I made up my mind never to place myself at the mercy of some pompous, goateed, black-turtleneck-shirted "should I yay him or nay him?" pantywaist ever again.” ShouldMindMadePlayMomentsBlackRolesFiveComedyCollegeSixMercyMalesThat MomentShould IRejectedPompousTurtlenecksYay Author:Emo Philips
“Interviewers always used to ask me about my pageboy haircut, and it drove me nuts: it almost made me suspect that there was something strange about it. So I cut off my pageboy.” MadeUsedAsksCuttingStrangeAsk MeSuspectsNutsHaircutsInterviewers Author:Emo Philips
“I try not to talk during the day when I have a show that night. My voice is my instrument, just like a saxophonist's instrument is his saxophone, plus also his voice, if he's the one between tunes that makes announcements.” IfsTryingShowsNightVoiceInstrumentsTunesPlusSaxophoneAnnouncements Author:Emo Philips
“God surrounded me with the right team, with the team that I needed to help me exercise all of my ideas. You need that. You need that army, you need that force.” NeedsIdeasHelpingForceTeamNeededExerciseArmyHelp Me Author:Lauryn Hill
“Every time that God navigates my ship, there's nothing cerebral going on. There's very little thought. It's almost as if I have the directions. Every time I try to do it myself, I'm conjuring up my own concoction and trying.” IfsTryingLittlesMy OwnShipsNavigateCerebralConjuring Author:Lauryn Hill