Quotes by Erykah Badu

Explore a curated collection of 18 quotes by Erykah Badu. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Never knew what a friendship was, Never knew how to really love, You can't be what I need you to, & I don't know why I f — Erykah Badu
I figure, if the mind just 'has' to be busy,why not make up happy shit? — Erykah Badu
My eyes are green, Cause I eat a lot of vegetables,It don't have nothing to do with your new friend — Erykah Badu
But now I realize that this record business really needs me. No one else is trying to take a chance or do something diff — Erykah Badu
The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings. — Erykah Badu
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 sur — Erykah Badu
I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform. — Erykah Badu
What 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 — Erykah Badu
Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business. — Erykah Badu
As Erykah Badu, it has nothing to do with me, the way I look, my hair wrap, my style, it's about you and what you feel f — Erykah Badu
Hopefully my music is medicine, some type of antidote for something or some kind of explanation or just to feel good. — Erykah Badu
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. — Erykah Badu
Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between — Erykah Badu
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it o — Erykah Badu
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. — Erykah Badu
It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. — Erykah Badu
No one chooses to raise children alone. — 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. — Erykah Badu