Lauryn Hill Quotes

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Lauryn Hill

Profession : Singer

Birth : May 26, 1975

People need to understand that the Lauryn Hill they were exposed to in the beginning was all that was allowed in that arena at the time. I had to step away for the sake of the machine. I was being way too compromised. I felt uncomfortable having to smile in someone's face when I really didn't like them or know them well enough to like.

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As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society.

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Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us.

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That strong mother doesn't tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in.

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Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend!

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Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships.

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Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work.

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We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.

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This life is a process of learning.

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The less I have, the freer I am to do whatever I want to do.

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I need to be surrounded by people as passionate and as dedicated as I am.

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What was freely given to me, I freely give.

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You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice.

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From the first time someone says, Who do you think you are? we learn how to repress.

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Being young and female in America, you watch a lot of T.V., and you grow up on false images of what love truly is. We think the man with the best rap will protect and save us, about it's not usually that way. Then you learn love is something deeper and purer in form.

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Let optimists rule the world.

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I do support artists standing by their beliefs and walking with integrity. We have to find a better way to commercially exploit music while giving artists their proper respect. This cannot be done while taking their contributions for granted or trying to control the scope of their growth and power through threats and fear tactics.

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I wouldn't even hold my kids sometimes because I didn't want them to spit up on me when I was dressed for an awards show.

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Real religion is no religion at all.

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I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then it's not for them. You cannot please everybody.

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