In my travels all over the world, I have come to realize that what distinguishes one child from another is not ability, but access. Access to education, access to opportunity, access to love.
LAURYN HILLIn my family, there was not an abundance of wealth, but there was an abundance of love. So there was always humor, and there was joy and there was comfort and there was this environment just to have a good time.
More Lauryn Hill Quotes
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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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I get really afraid of those little comforts, those things that make us feel like we did something great, because I’ve done nothing. I’ve done nothing. I mean that sincerely.
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As artists, we have an opportunity to help the public evolve, raise consciousness and awareness, teach, heal, enlighten and inspire in ways the democratic process may not be able to touch. So we keep it moving.
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Never be afraid of not knowing. Find out.
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We’ve got to protect the music and make sure it never gets exploited.
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It could all be so simple, but you’d rather make it hard, loving you is like a battle, and we both end up with scars.
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A lot of us are too busy focusing on what we think people want to hear, as opposed to just saying what’s in our hearts.
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Tomorrow, our seeds will grow. All we need is dedication.
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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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It’s more important to be righteous than to be right.
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I am up there onstage alone with that guitar. I don’t have to consider no one else and whether they are comfortable. I need very little.
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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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It’s emotional warfare telling the people we love, the most, the truth about ourselves.
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Every day is a lesson in focus for me, and not buying into the world’s concept of what you have to be. I really try every day to be individual and not just in my style or my look or my music, but in my approach to life.
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This life is a process of learning.
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