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.
We literally just finished making this gown 20 minutes ago. I love it. It's my favorite color.
Even if the project requires you to have all the ducks in a line, I can't do that. I don't create way.
I have an apartment in Brooklyn - I guess I call it my shrine. I go there to create and recoup, or hibernate sometimes, but my home is in Dallas where I live with my children.
All the women in my family were very creative.
My third mother is my paternal grandmother. Her name is Viola. She gave me my sense of knowing why, or knowing why it was important to ask why. She made me understand that I don't have to believe everything I hear.
I thought it was cool how [ Riccardo Tisci] wanted to blend Africa and Asia because they relate to each other in so many different ways.
If you invite negativity in, you have to feed it and hang out with it. Best not to invite it in.
I'm a Pisces, so I'm a very closed-book kind of person.
Whenever I think about funk music, it has a look - and that's how it sounds.
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.
I'm kind of a recluse when it comes to going outside.
My first, my birth mother - her name is Queenie - she gave me a powerful medicine when I was a child. She told me that, "I was the best," and it helped me so much.
I take the same approach in all genres of art, across the board. It's intuitive.
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.
Don't let anybody infiltrate your dream
The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.
I don't know why, it's just what I feel inside, the thoughts that I sing about. It's just my truth. Sometimes my emotions can be mistaken for messages.
I bring the staple of my culture.
I encourage breaking free of self inflicted holding pens. I encourage the use of intelligence in every decision. I encourage creating.
I feel like I haven't done anything. What have I done? I've just made a few records.