Erykah Badu Artist Quotations

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.

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.

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.

I knew it would happen. I knew I'd be No. 1. I'm a new artist; I don't know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn't happen

I'm a performance artist first; I'm a recording artist second.

We were all born, and we all came to the music business with everything we had. Some of us just don't get a chance. Now there's a lot of other people like myself, indeed, who are getting heard worldwide. That gives other artists a chance.

Now keep in mind that I'm an artist and I'm sensitive about my sh*t

All of my children are the same way I am. They're little artists too, in their own ways.

I think what makes people think that is because of things people write. It really doesn't have anything to do with the artist.

I have so much music that I do. Just like how a visual artist is always sketching something but they might not share it, I'm always writing songs or coming up with melodic lines on piano or guitar. It's therapy. It's always happening.