Lauryn Hill Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“This life is a process of learning.”

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

“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.”

“What was freely given to me, I freely give.”

“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.”

“From the first time someone says, Who do you think you are? we learn how to repress.”

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

“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.”

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