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.

Role is something people play, model is something people make, both of those things are fake.

I got a big mouth, I can't help it. I talk from my heart, I'm real.

I'm not perfect, but I'll always be real.

No one loves the real me inside. they're all in love with my fame, my stardom.

The men that can do things are going to be sought out just as surely as the sun rises in the morning. Fake reputations, habits of glib and clever speech, and glittering surface performance are going to be discovered.