You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice. Lauryn Hill More Quotes by Lauryn Hill More Quotes From Lauryn Hill I wouldn't try to put myself in a box or put God in a box. Lauryn Hill boxestrying Just because I have a guitar, it doesn't mean that changes me. I still rhyme, I still sing. Lauryn Hill rhymeguitarmean I was unhappy with my life. I had acquired everything I thought I wanted, only to find out, This is it? Lauryn Hill unhappywanted We have these images, these icons before us that are not reality. Lauryn Hill iconsreality I went to Jamaica for six months, and in Jamaica there was a lot of stillness. Lauryn Hill jamaicasix-monthsstillness I have a problem with procrastination. I have a great deal of difficulty deciding what to wear. It's a woman thing. Lauryn Hill difficultyprocrastinationproblem 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 individualfansresponsibility I didn't have that intense ambition to be a musician or an actress. I just enjoyed it. And by enjoying it, because I loved it, it enabled me to get better at what I was doing, because there was a love behind it. Lauryn Hill get-betterambitionlove-is My whole life at a certain point was studio, hotel, stage, hotel, stage, studio, stage, hotel, studio, stage. I was expressing everything from my past, everything that I had experienced prior to that studio stage time, and it was like you have to go back to the well, in order to give someone something to drink. I felt like a cistern, dried up and like there was nothing more. And it was so beautiful. Lauryn Hill beautifulorderpast I find, even though it's raining, I just go outside. I look outside and I'm just so blessed to see it and to experience it, because for such a long time I was just indoors. Lauryn Hill blessedrainlong My parents had a love for music. There were so many records, so much music constantly being played. My mother played piano, my father sang, and we were always surrounded in music. Lauryn Hill pianomotherfather 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 sustenancetrying I'm in a very close-knit, very, very tight family. My grandmother had 13 kids, so we had a lot of family like 50, 60 grandchildren and we all lived in Jersey, relatively in the same area. So every time there was something, my entire family was there. And I just believed everybody's family was like that. Lauryn Hill grandchildrengrandmotherkids I'm making music for other people to listen to for pleasure. And hopefully, later on maybe they'll listen to it and go, "That bass line, boy, did you hear the way those drums interacted with that?" Lauryn Hill linesboyspeople I rarely listen to the music for the sheer pleasure. I'm listening for the tool, I'm listening for the instrument, I'm listening for the art. Lauryn Hill toolslisteningart I have hour spurts when I feel fine and I can walk normal and stuff, other hours, I'm wobbling. I feel like there's somebody behind me kicking my legs out from underneath me. The whole tumor symptom thing is crazy. It's unpredictable. It really messes with your life. Lauryn Hill kickingcrazylife I sit here before you trying to figure out how to pay a tax debt? If that's not like enough to slavery, I don't know. Lauryn Hill debtslaverytrying With the things that I love, I tried to put a couple seeds, a bunch of seeds in the ground and see what sprung up. Sometimes it was acting and sometimes it was music. But whatever it was I continued to plant. Lauryn Hill sprung-upcoupleacting 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. Lauryn Hill smilepeopleneeds 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 acceptedalternativesaction
