Author Profile
Lauryn Hill
1975 • American • Singer
41
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Collected Meditations
Showing 41 quotesWe 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.— 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.— Lauryn Hill
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
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.— Lauryn Hill
You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice.— Lauryn Hill
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?— Lauryn Hill
I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.— Lauryn Hill
We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.— 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.— Lauryn Hill
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.— Lauryn Hill
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.— Lauryn Hill
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.— Lauryn Hill
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.— Lauryn Hill