I don't sing melodically. Rhyme pattern is how I sing. I also write like a lyricist or an MC because that's what I was before I was a singer. I just took those elements and put them into music. Erykah Badu elementlyricistmelodically Change image and share on social
Anything that had to do with art I been doing all my life. It was a gift. It's nothing I work real hard at doing. Erykah Badu artgifthard Change image and share on social
Hip-hop was created out of necessity. We needed to create some digitized things to help us understand what we were feeling. Erykah Badu createdigitizefelt Change image and share on social
I believed in myself, and I've always worked very, very hard as an artist, and I am an artist in every sense of the word. Erykah Badu artistbelievehard Change image and share on social
I don't have one song that sounds like another one in my entire catalog. Erykah Badu catalogentiresong Change image and share on social
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. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us. Erykah Badu americabearblack share on social
I love putting the music together. It's like art. Erykah Badu artlovemusic Change image and share on social
Hip-hop is the people. What the people are moving toward is what hip-hop is. I think people are moving toward a freer way of thinking. Openness. Erykah Badu freehiphop Change image and share on social
I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's cool. Let's look at who Billie was: she was this person, this singer, this beautiful diva who could move the audience with the slightest gesture of her hand. Erykah Badu abilityaudiencebeautiful share on social
