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

Don't let anybody infiltrate your dream

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

I don't think it matters what school you go to, but I think it's important for parents to be involved. And to know that when school stops, learning continues, and to continue teaching at home.

This pain to remain the same outweigh the pain to change... When you get tired enough is when you begin to want to sacrifice everything inside of you—the fear just leaves

It's weird, but if I decide to do an album, then the ideas start fitting themselves together. I consider myself a nice, slow burn. Plus, it's not a race. And I have a lot to share.

I come from a long line of matriarchal women, and my greatest teachers were my mothers.