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... →
Erykah Badu
Being honest is my job. That's what music is for me.
Hopefully my music is medicine, some type of antidote for something or some kind of explanation or just to feel good.
I love putting the music together. It's like art.
I love to leave the interpretation of my music up to the listener. It's fun to see what they'll say it is.
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 think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.
Joan Baez
Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much.
Derek Bailey
Younger players in this music often turn out to be middle aged; it is not a young music.
I wouldn't want to be ideological about it but I think of it as being the best way to approach this kind of playing. I don't think it works... →