Some people come up and ask for an autograph and don't even look at me. They're like, 'Here, do it.' That don't bother me, but it doesn't open my heart.

We mainly focus on putting music, art, dance, theater, all forms of art, back into the community, so the community can put it into the world.

I'm kind of a recluse when it comes to going outside.

I love putting the music together. It's like art

Society has a problem with female nudity when it is not . . . ”—Badu pauses to get her words together; she wants this point to be very clear—“. . . when it is not packaged for the consumption of male entertainment. Then it becomes confusing.

I 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").

I'm inspired by Earl Sweatshirt. He's a really honest writer, and he's unusually intelligent.