“Hip-hop was created out of necessity. We needed to create some digitiz...” — Erykah Badu Quote

“Hip-hop was created out of necessity. We needed to create some digitized things to help us understand what we were feeling.”

“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.”

“There are millions and billions of atoms of memory of all kinds of musical themes in me.”

“I identified with white culture, and I wanted to fit in. I didn't identify with black culture. Like, I didn't like Tyler Perry movies, and I wasn't into hip-hop music. I liked Neil Young.”

“There are plenty of people who are, I think, completely racist who love hip-hop.”

“From wrestling to my hip-hop thing, I've just been able to do so much and meet so many crazy characters.”