Lauryn Hill Quotes
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Lauryn Hill Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
Everybody has a choice. I am not here to shove my light down everybody's throat. For those who don't want it, I have nothing to defend.
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.
We think the man with the best rap will protect and save us, but it's not usually that way. Love is something deeper and purer.
You say, Wait a minute, God, you spared me from a slave job in an office, and now I have a slave job onstage. I am not on that clock no more.
Who you going to tell when the repercussions spin, showing off your ass because you think it's a trend.
I have a problem with procrastination. I have a great deal of difficulty deciding what to wear. It's a woman thing.
God said, All right, I'm gonna show you. I made you what you are. God takes care of me. I'm just the one who delivers the message.
Our podium is the music. It's really important that we stay focused, because things become misconstrued in the media.
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.
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 try not to have a day pass where I don't read something from the Bible. It's like my sustenance to me.
Now the skies could fall
Not even if my boss should call
The world it seems so very small
'Cause nothing even matters at all
Not even if my boss should call
The world it seems so very small
'Cause nothing even matters at all
If I never won a Grammy, I would be satisfied, if in fact I could help people. I don't say that because it sounds like something cool to say.
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.
Every time truth comes we hate it, because it's coming against our ego. Are you going to let the ego come between you and this person you love?
Once you compromise yourself in one way, you compromise yourself in another way. And you've just opened the door to compromise, mediocrity, settling.
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.
I am up there onstage alone with that guitar. I don't have to consider no one else and whether they are comfortable. I need very little.
A lot of us are too busy focusing on what we think people want to hear, as opposed to just saying what's in our hearts.
I think everything happens in time. There's a time for everything. There's a time to be in a group, and there's a time to be solo.
I get mad when you walk away (don't walk away from me cmon now), so I tell you leave when I mean stay
See fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need. And I just retired from the fantasy part.
Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend!
Our first album was a stupid mistake by the record company. They tried to sell us as an alternative act. A big mistake!
For a while, the genre seemed to be just about sex and crime. Rappers are storytellers; the stories don't need to be true!
It could all be so simple, but you'd rather make it hard, loving you is like a battle, and we both end up with scars,
I was very confused. I didn't understand the difference between rebellion against God and rebellion against the system that's not God.
Let's love ourselves, then we can't fail,
To make a better situation.
Tomorrow, our seeds will grow,
All we need is dedication!
To make a better situation.
Tomorrow, our seeds will grow,
All we need is dedication!
A friend once said, and I found to be true,That everyday people, they lie to God too,So what makes you think, that they won't lie to you.
In my life the most influential people are people who are sort of brought to me, as opposed to people I seek out.