I Bring The Staple Of My Culture.

Because You're Responsible For [children]. You Are There To Protect Them, Not Possess Them. I Tell Them, "watch Me And You Might Learn Something."

I Thought The Billie Holiday Comparison Was Beautiful. I Think, Wow, What A Wonderful, Creative, Helpful Spirit. She's Someone Who Wanted To Help Others By Sharing Her Emotion. That's What I Do, Too, So I Think That's A Great Comparison.

When People Are Going On To The Next Plateau Of Whatever This Thing Is Called Life, I Also Want Them To Breathe Easily, Even If It's The Last One They Take Here With Us. I Guess I'm The Welcoming Committee And Ushering Committee.

I Come From A Long Line Of Matriarchal Women, And My Greatest Teachers Were My Mothers.

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 For My Music. If I Can Make You Feel Like The Way That People Who Influenced Me Made Me Feel, That's Completion.