Lauryn Hill quotes - page 2

You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice. (Lauryn Hill)
From the first time someone says, Who do you think you are? we learn how to repress. View quote
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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. View quote
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I got into direct confrontation with everybody I love. View quote
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Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work. View quote
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We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else. View quote
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When you're young and everything dramatic is exciting, you start to believe that hype that, in order to be an artist, you have to suffer. I've graduated from that school. View quote
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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? View quote
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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. View quote
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I need to be surrounded by people as passionate and as dedicated as I am. View quote
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I think what people are attracted to about me, if anything, is my passion. People got exposed to my passion through music and song first. (Lauryn Hill)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me. View quote
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When I was working, and when I was making substantial amounts of money, I always filed and paid my taxes. This only stopped, when it was necessary to withdraw from society, in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of myself and my family. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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When I have a creative insight, there is a high. I think back in the day, I made music as much as I did because it made me feel so good. I think you could argue that there is a creative addiction - but, you know, the healthy kind. View quote
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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. View quote
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I got moxie, I'm so damn cocky Industry tried to block me like cops and paparazzi. (Lauryn Hill)
I'm trying to open up my range and really sing more. 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. View quote
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It's funny - more people talk about my 'babe-dom' now than they did before I had a child. Whatever. I guess I'm a role model in hot pants now. That's cool. View quote
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I knew his life deserved a chance; But everybody told me to be smart; Look at your career they said'Lauren, baby use your head'But instead I chose to use my heart. View quote
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