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" I got into direct confrontation with everybody I love. "

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" When I was working, and when I was making substantial amounts of money, I always filed and paid my taxes. This only stopped, when it was necessary to withdraw from society, in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of myself and my family. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" We have to make sure the music and the message and the words and all the elements come through in our songs and every time we appear in public. "

" We call ourselves creators and we just copy. "

" 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? "

" 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. "

" 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 will have an expanded context. Where people can hear a bit more. "

" 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. "

" We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it. "

" 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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" I never did anything I'm really ashamed of. "

" What was freely given to me, I freely give. "

" That strong mother doesn't tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in. "

" This life is a process of learning. "

" Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships. "

" Real religion is no religion at all. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us. "

" 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. "