Quotes by Erykah Badu

What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I’m a good person to society. That’s hard. The talent, that’s a gift. I just came here like that.

I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen.

I’m free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don’t try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I don’t compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that.

I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn’t conform.

I am not systematic at all when it comes to religion. I just love life. And I’m not judgmental. And I’m a vegetarian.

Personally, I don’t choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That’s between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator.

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.

Music and the music business are two different things.

The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.

Man, I don’t want to have nothing to do with computers. I don’t want the government in my business.