"Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing ab..." — Erykah Badu

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

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 just took those elements and put them into music.

I've been a vegetarian since I was 19.

I'm not trying to win an award for being the best vegetarian, just want to be healthy. Take a salt bath. Do things that my parents were never able to do. I'm blessed to do anything I want, so I decide to take the best care of my body and my family in the same way. Holistically. Vitally.