Now my record deal helps me to do things for free or give more time to my community than I could otherwise.
Erykah BaduI don't require sex for happiness - I need companionship. I need a partner I can depend on, that I can love and grow with.
Erykah BaduIn 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.
Erykah BaduAll I want to do is give the world my heart... Record label tryina make me compromise my art.
Erykah BaduI don't want to think too much about how I'm carving and what I'm carving - you are just carving away the excess clay and there's a piece underneath there. And it's kind of like getting out of the way. Maybe that's what the commonality is: It's getting out of the way so that the art can speak.
Erykah Badu