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“The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.”

Erykah Badu · Business

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I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen.

Success

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No one chooses to raise children alone.

Loneliness

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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.

Cool

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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.

Experience