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American - Musician Born: May 26, 1975 See also: Quotes about Lauryn Hill

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.

Mother Son You Mom

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

Work Hard Work Reality Easy

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

I Am People Need Surrounded

We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it.

Life Plan Available

I don't know anybody that's not emotionally unstable or schizophrenic.

Know Anybody Unstable Emotionally

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.

Music Respect Fear Power

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

Gratitude God Result Done

I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.

Fear Culture Black Insecurity

Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities, people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers, committing egregious crimes in the name of the greater social ego. Ironically diminishing their own true hero-celebrity nature in the process.

Nature People Ego Believe

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

Relationship Relationships Honest

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

Time You Think Someone

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.

Smile Time People Face

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.

Love Best Man You

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.

Music Me You People

I got into direct confrontation with everybody I love.

Love Got Everybody Confrontation

We call ourselves creators and we just copy.

Copy Just Call Ourselves

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

People Expectations Want Us

What was freely given to me, I freely give.

Me Give Given Freely

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

You Look Practice Easy

Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual. I did not deliberately abandon my fans, nor did I deliberately abandon any responsibilities.

Nature Fans Individual Limitations

The danger I faced was not accepted as reasonable grounds for deferring my tax payments, as authorities, who despite being told all of this, still chose to pursue action against me, as opposed to finding an alternative solution.

Me Action Solution Finding

Let optimists rule the world.

World Rule Optimists

We have to make sure the music and the message and the words and all the elements come through in our songs and every time we appear in public.

Music Time Words Message

With The Fugees initially, and even with 'Miseducation', it was very hip-hop - always a singing over beats. I don't think people have really heard me sing out. So if I do record again, perhaps it will have an expanded context. Where people can hear a bit more.

Me People Singing Think

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

Music You Spiritual Hip-Hop

I believe God will make a way.

God Believe Way Will

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