Lauryn Hill Quotes


Lauryn Hill

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

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.

I got into direct confrontation with everybody I love.

We don`t want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.

What was freely given to me, I freely give.

Hip-Hop isn`t just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can`t just call Hip-Hop a trend!

I never did anything I`m really ashamed of.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Nobody`s going to force me to do something against my will. What do I owe anybody that I should submit my will to them?

I believe God will make a way.

This life is a process of learning.

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

Real religion is no religion at all.

I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn`t forgive others.

We call ourselves creators and we just copy.

We can`t plan life. All we can do is be available for it.

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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Grammy Award for Best New Artist
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Grammy Award for Album of the Year (1990s)
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Nick of Time (1989)
Quincy Jones (1999)
Unplugged (1992)
Grammy Award for Album of the Year (2000s)
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Raising Sand (2007)
Supernatural (1999)
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Doo Wop (2000)
Ex-Factor (1998)
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Fugees
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