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

I take the same approach in all genres of art, across the board. It's intuitive.

I've had two children. I've had three boyfriends. I've had a lot of things happen that can change your opinions and values and philosophies.

All I want to do is give the world my heart... Record label tryina make me compromise my art.

As Erykah Badu, it has nothing to do with me, the way I look, my hair wrap, my style, it's about you and what you feel for my music. If I can make you feel like the way that people who influenced me made me feel, that's completion.

All of my children are the same way I am. They're little artists too, in their own ways.

I don't feel like I need to preach to the world or nothing like that. I just feel like I share what I say, and if listeners get it, they get it. And I never underestimate the audience's ability to feel me.