Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business.
Erykah BaduNow my record deal helps me to do things for free or give more time to my community than I could otherwise.
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'm a product of its [american] teaching, of its thinking, of its -isms, of its religion, of its education. I am conditioned, raised and developed by America; I am America. And as it changes, my thoughts also change. Because no matter what I believe, what the powers-that-be believe will affect me.
Erykah Badu