290 Quotes by Lauryn Hill

See fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need. And I just retired from the fantasy part.

Our first album was a stupid mistake by the record company. They tried to sell us as an alternative act. A big mistake!

Whenever we submit our will to someone else’s opinion, a part of us dies

Now you are meeting another Lauryn, so it's good to be reintroduced.

I think everything happens in time. There's a time for everything. There's a time to be in a group, and there's a time to be solo.

Just because I have a guitar, it doesn't mean that changes me. I still rhyme, I still sing.

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.

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!

To me that's a reflection of love, when someone can see you enjoying yourself, and want to participate, or want to encourage, or want to help you to do something that you enjoy.