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“I actually started writing it because I was inspired by my own personal growth.”

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Erykah Badu, born on February 26, 1971, is an American singer-songwriter known for her unique musical style and emotive voice. She is regarded as one of the key figures in R&B music of the 1990s. more

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“We were all born, and we all came to the music business with everything we had. Some of us just don't get a chance. Now there's a lot of other people like myself, indeed, who are getting heard worldwide. That gives other artists a chance.”

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“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.”

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“What singing means to me, I never did consider myself a singer, I just let people watch me feel music and how it comes through me. I've worked on it and practiced a lot. I mean, music, I dance to it, and singing is just one way of getting it out of me.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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

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“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.”

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