Erykah Badu Men Quotations

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

I don't sing melodically. Rhyme pattern is how I sing. I also write like a lyricist or an MC because that's what I was before I was a singer. I just took those elements and put them into music.

Hip-Hop is bigger than the government.

Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business.

It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.

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.

Im a hip-hopper, and its something you live and do. It makes me angry that were misrepresented, that were being killed every day by one another, by the government, by the food we eat, the choices we make. It makes me angry because it doesnt have to be that way and it is.

A lot of people have dementia, which is great, because then they don't recognize me.

The Man That Knowz Something Knowz That He Knowz Nothing At All.

I was given a tremendous gift and a platform, and it is my responsibility to use my platform to do the work of the Most High.

I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women.

It was a really good experience for all of us. We each used our platforms to make other statements besides entertainment. We're artists who are often unheard. And Dave has chosen to define himself. I'm with that and I love him for that.