If I'd known white people were going to buy my last album, I never would have recorded it. Lauryn Hill More Quotes by Lauryn Hill More Quotes From Lauryn Hill I wrote these words for everyone who struggles in their youth. Lauryn Hill confusedstrugglegames Everyone is in the same situation, at different levels and in different places. Lauryn Hill situationlevelsdifferent 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 passionsongthinking 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 spacelighthome I am just beginning to be more comfortable with my identity. Lauryn Hill comfortableidentity I ran very fast in the wrong direction. Lauryn Hill wrong-directionran 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-hopblackspiritual You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice. Lauryn Hill artistpracticelooks 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 girlself-esteembeautiful Hip-Hop started out in the heart Lauryn Hill hipship-hopheart 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 wantpeopleneeds 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 readingwaterwar This life is a process of learning. Lauryn Hill processlife-isreality 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 artistintegritygiving 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 heronamesbelieve 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 artistinspiringmean 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 practiceperfectlong What was freely given to me, I freely give. Lauryn Hill givengiving When I create music, the feeling that you get... I get first. You [the listener] have a delayed experience with the feeling I initially get when I have a creative insight. Not just the voice, but all the creativity - the production, the idea, the concept, the music involved. There is a high. There is an emotional experience that happens when everything comes together... I made music as consistently as I did, especially back in the day, because it made me feel so good... When everything is on, it's a wonderful feeling. Lauryn Hill creativityemotionalideas
