I try not to have a day pass where I don't read something from the Bible. It's like my sustenance to me. Lauryn Hill More Quotes by Lauryn Hill More Quotes From Lauryn Hill I know you don't wanna hear my opinion, Lauryn Hill rap winning rain I wrote these words for everyone who struggles in their youth. Lauryn Hill confused struggle games Everyone is in the same situation, at different levels and in different places. Lauryn Hill situation levels different Tell me who I've got to be, to get some reciprocity Lauryn Hill reciprocity 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 passion song thinking You improve yourself and light up the corner that you live on. You may not touch a gazillion lives, but you can light up your own space, light up your home. Lauryn Hill space light home I am just beginning to be more comfortable with my identity. Lauryn Hill comfortable identity I ran very fast in the wrong direction. Lauryn Hill wrong-direction ran Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend! Lauryn Hill hip-hop black spiritual You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice. Lauryn Hill artist practice looks There are a lot of young black girls who I meet in my travels who don't have a lot of self-esteem. So if I communicate to them that they're beautiful, no white person should find fault in that. It doesn't mean that young white girls aren't beautiful, because they are just as beautiful. Lauryn Hill girl self-esteem beautiful Hip-Hop started out in the heart Lauryn Hill hips hip-hop heart 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. Lauryn Hill want people needs If the entire week is a battlefield, reading the Bible is sort of like that parachute with the box of reserves that come in the middle of the war: food and water and the toothbrush and toilet paper. Lauryn Hill reading water war This life is a process of learning. Lauryn Hill process life-is reality 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. Lauryn Hill artist integrity giving 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 hero names believe As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society. Lauryn Hill artist inspiring mean I've leaned on God for so long. "Hey, God, you just gave me this gift, and I'm just going to go out there and sing." But I'm realizing how much larger and how expansive my gift becomes when I actually pay attention to it and try to practice and try to perfect it. Lauryn Hill practice perfect long What was freely given to me, I freely give. Lauryn Hill given giving
