My Mom Was The Diana Ross Of

I Think The Job Of An Artist Is To Be Honest And Fearless.

They Play It Safe, Are Quick To Assassinate What They Do Not Understand. They Move In Packs, Ingesting More And More Fear With Every Act Of Hate On One Another.

When I Get Ready To Do An Album, That Means I Have Something To Say For The Sake Of Words, And I Listen Back To All Of The Things I've Been Creating And Pull Things From Out Of The Air To Go With Them. It's Almost Like I Start Creating The Album Before I Even Think About Creating It.

Society Has A Problem With Female Nudity When It Is Not . . . ”—badu Pauses To Get Her Words Together; She Wants This Point To Be Very Clear—“. . . When It Is Not Packaged For The Consumption Of Male Entertainment. Then It Becomes Confusing.

But Now I Realize That This Record Business Really Needs Me. No One Else Is Trying To Take A Chance Or Do Something Different.