Quotes By Lauryn Hill

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem. Baby girl, respect is just a minimum.

It's silly when girls sell their souls because it's in.

Everything Is Everything. What is meant to be, will be.

Tomorrow, our seeds will grow, all we need is dedication.

Beware the false motives of others. Be careful of those who pretend to be brothers. And you never suppose it's those who are closest to you.

To survive is to stay alive in the face of opposition. Even when they comin, gunnin I stand position.

Consequence is no coincidence.

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.

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

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

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.

I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.

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.