What opens my heart is when my son wakes me up in the morning, nudging me and saying, 'Mommy, mommy!'

Because you're responsible for [children]. You are there to protect them, not possess them. I tell them, "Watch me and you might learn something."

My girls are very fashionable. They have a very good eye for marrying style and fashion.

My mom was the Diana Ross of our clan. She was always up-to-date, and always knew what to do and what not to do in a fashion sense.

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 the job of an artist is to be honest and fearless.

I'm only in competition with my last level.