Erykah Badu

I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#artist #clock #going #i #master

Music and the music business are two different things. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#different #different things #music #music business #things

Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#artists #experience #kind #literally #lot

Being honest is my job. That's what music is for me. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#being honest #honest #job #me #music

From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That's my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#back #energy #enjoy #giving #i

But now I realize that this record business really needs me. No one else is trying to take a chance or do something different. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#chance #different #else #i #me

Honey isn't really that good for you. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#honey #really #you

Hopefully my music is medicine, some type of antidote for something or some kind of explanation or just to feel good. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#explanation #feel #feel good #good #hopefully

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

— Erykah Badu

#celebrity #human #human being #i #i can

I'm not satisfied with the explanations I get from tv or from school. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#get #i #satisfied #school #tv