Don't let anybody infiltrate your dream

Erykah Badu projects don't even sound like Erykah Badu projects. I don't even have one album that sounds like another one of my albums.

Oh, yeah, I see the world differently now. Actually, when I first had the baby, I was breast-feeding him for two years straight. So we were together for two years of his life, every single day, all hours of the day. So I was two people, and I eventually morphed back into one

I'm not satisfied with the explanations I get from tv or from school.

I feel like I haven't done anything. What have I done? I've just made a few records.

I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.

I really can't say what inspires me the most, because I'm inspired by just about everything. My feelings and relationships, my family, Scooby-Doo. Opinion of my work. Everything. Not just one thing.