Every time that God navigates my ship, there's nothing cerebral going on. There's very little thought. It's almost as if I have the directions. Every time I try to do it myself, I'm conjuring up my own concoction and trying.
Lauryn HillAnd deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny
Lauryn HillOnce you compromise yourself in one way, you compromise yourself in another way. And you've just opened the door to compromise, mediocrity, settling.
Lauryn HillIn my life the most influential people are people who are sort of brought to me, as opposed to people I seek out.
Lauryn HillI used to play my records aloud until one night my mother was like, "This is too loud. I'm not having it," and so I put on headphones. But the headphones didn't stretch all the way to my bed from the record player, so I had to sleep on the floor in order to hear the records. I slept on the floor right next to the record player until I was probably 19 years old.
Lauryn Hill