I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.
Erykah BaduI imagine that when I am creating a song or a project or an album or putting some clothing together or cooking a meal, whatever it is, I don't really have a recipe. The fun part is to throw that big piece of clay in the middle of the table as hard as I can, and whatever shape it takes, that's what shape it takes, and then I start to carve away.
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 BaduWhat does music mean to me? I don't think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It's my means of communication, my means of growth, my means of transportation from one point in my life to another.
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