Quotes by Lauryn Hill

About Lauryn Hill:

Lauryn Hill is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, producer and actress. She is best known for being a member of the Fugees and for her solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
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Being young and female in America, you watch a lot of T.V., and you grow up on false images of what love truly is. We think the man with the best rap will protect and save us, about it's not usually that way. Then you learn love is something deeper a...

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I don't know anybody that's not emotionally unstable or schizophrenic.

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I need to be surrounded by people as passionate and as dedicated as I am.

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I never did anything I'm really ashamed of.

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I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.

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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?

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The less I have, the freer I am to do whatever I want to do.

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We call ourselves creators and we just copy.

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We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.

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What was freely given to me, I freely give.

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You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice.

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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 w...

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I wouldn't even hold my kids sometimes because I didn't want them to spit up on me when I was dressed for an awards show.

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When you're young and everything dramatic is exciting, you start to believe that hype that, in order to be an artist, you have to suffer. I've graduated from that school.

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To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me.

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I have a couple of all-time favorites: Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.

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Let optimists rule the world.

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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.

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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...

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A friend once said, and I found to be true,That everyday people, they lie to God too,So what makes you think, that they won't lie to you.

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Author Bio

  • NameLauryn Hill
  • DescriptionAmerican singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, actress
  • BornMay 26, 1975
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Singer-songwriter; Musician; Composer
  • AwardsGrammy Award For Best New Artist