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Erykah Badu Biography

Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu (/ˈɛrɪkə bɑːˈduː/), is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, activist, and actress.

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Time to eliminate things that no longer evolve me.

Eliminate, Evolve, Longer, Things, Time

I go through phases of stuff.

Phases, Stuff

In music, it makes for a good platform to take time and really mold a piece the way I need to mold it. When it comes to fashion, I create a functional art that moves.

Art, Fashion, Mold, Moving

I encourage breaking free of self inflicted holding pens. I encourage the use of intelligence in every decision. I encourage creating.

Creating, Decision, Free, Self

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.

Committee, Lasts, People, Plateau, Ushering, Want

When you're performing, you're creating a moment.

Creating, Moment, Moments, Performing

I have a pair of blue pants that were my favorite for a while and were a part of my show uniform - every night, you know.

Blue, Know, Night, Pants, Show, Uniforms

I love putting the music together. It's like art

Art, Like, Love, Music, Together

The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear.

Arrangements, Choose, Hear, Kind, Musician

I've had two children. I've had three boyfriends. I've had a lot of things happen that can change your opinions and values and philosophies.

Change, Children, Philosophy, Things, Two

In the morning, instead of saying to yourself, ‘I got to wake up’ say ‘I get to wake up!’

Instead, Morning, Saying, Wake, Wake Up

Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite revolutionaries. He spoke from his heart, his mind. That's what I want to do.

Heart, Mind, Revolutionaries, Spoke, Want

The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.

Business, Energy, Feelings, Motivated

The wise healer endures the pain. Cry. Tears bring joy.

Bring, Healer, Joy, Pain, Wise

But now I realize that this record business really needs me. No one else is trying to take a chance or do something different.

Business, Chance, Different, Realize, Take, Trying

So the most natural thing to me is to stay as pure to or real to or close to who I am as possible.

Close, Natural, Real, Who I Am

I think that when Riccardo Tisci wanted to bring more attention to the lack of African American presence on the runway, he also wanted to bring attention to the lack of a sensibility of African and Asian art.

African, African American, Art, Attention, Riccardo, Thinking

Through [my children] patience, they're showing me how much they support what's going on, because I'm having to do a lot of work right now.

Children, My Children, Patience, Right, Support, Work

I think people who vibrate at the same frequency, vibrate toward each other. They call it - in science - sympathetic vibrations.

People, Thinking, Toward, Vibrate, Vibrations

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. They feel most comfortable in groups, less guilt to swallow. They are us. This is what we have become. Afraid to respect the individual. A single person within a circumstance can move one to change. To love herself. To evolve

Evolve, Hate, Moving, Person, Play

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