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" 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. "

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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 bit more. "

" The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children. "

" 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. "

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

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

" The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. "

Henry Ward Beecher

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend! "

" My mother's wonderful. To me she's perfection. "

Michael Jackson

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" This life is a process of learning. "

" Real religion is no religion at all. "

" 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. "

" When I have a creative insight, there is a high. I think back in the day, I made music as much as I did because it made me feel so good. I think you could argue that there is a creative addiction - but, you know, the healthy kind. "

" My mom is definitely my rock. "

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

" Let optimists rule the world. "

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

" We call ourselves creators and we just copy. "

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

" 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. "