I view my hair and clothes as functional art.

I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record.

The reason why you don't see people looking like me is because I don't encourage that. I encourage you to be you.

I can be Erykah the human being more than the celebrity.

Now keep in mind that I'm an artist and I'm sensitive about my sh*t

When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to make it work.

I was the bohemian in my family, the "this is my favorite shoe and I don't care if it has tape around it" kind of person. The tape could become a fashion statement. Or a political statement.