Famous quotes by Lauryn Hill:

"It's really a miracle that I'm alive."

"If they only showed Love, they would own love."

"I got moxie, I'm so damn cocky/ Industry tried to block me like cops and paparazzi."

"Ohh and the harsh reality"

"Like Cain and Abel, Caesar and Brutus, Jesus and Judas, back stabbers do this"

"It's funny - more people talk about my 'babe-dom' now than they did before I had a child. Whatever. I guess I'm a role model in hot pants now. That's cool!"

"I keep letting you back in,"

"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'm a mess but God is dealing with me every day. That's what all these songs are about: problem, cause and solution."

"The only wealth I have to give, is not material - and if you need much more than that, I'm not available"

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

"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."

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

"Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work."

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."