Hip-hop is not something we do, it's something we live. It's the way we dress, the way we talk... everybody bobbing to the same beat. It's a culture, and you have to find your own place in that culture. Top 10 or Top 40 can't dictate that. They can only dictate what's marketable.
Erykah BaduThe reason why you don't see people looking like me is because I don't encourage that. I encourage you to be you.
Erykah BaduI think giving is a blind act that should come from a part of me that sees no discrimination (that's why I called it "blind").
Erykah BaduI know that I want to concentrate more on my inside-pretty than my outside-pretty, because thats gonna go away. But if your inside is beautiful, it never wears away. The light always shows on the outside if you are striving to be good inside.
Erykah Badu