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“I know there are certain gifts that each of us have. The gifts you don't have to worry about so much, because God gave them to us. It's the living, it's the life, it's the now.”

Quote by Lauryn Hill

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Lauryn Hill is an influential American singer-songwriter known for her powerful voice and profound musical talent. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Fugees, a hip-hop group that achieved significant success in the 1990s. Hill's solo career began with the release of her debut album, 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,' which won numerous awards and is considered one of the greatest albums of all time. Her music often addresses social and political issues, and she has been recognized for her contributions to music and culture. more

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“My parents had a love for music. There were so many records, so much music constantly being played. My mother played piano, my father sang, and we were always surrounded in music.”

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“I 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.”

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“I don't listen to a lot of music at all. I think that's very bizarre too, because it was such a comfort zone for me. But I don't know if I had my fill, but I don't listen to a lot of music, because I'm creating it.”

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“Everything takes place in a season. There was a season when that's all I did was listen to the music. Now I'm just in a place where I don't listen, I create. And if I do listen there are specific things that I listen to, and for specific reasons.”

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“I rarely listen to the music for the sheer pleasure. I'm listening for the tool, I'm listening for the instrument, I'm listening for the art.”

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“I'm making music for other people to listen to for pleasure. And hopefully, later on maybe they'll listen to it and go, "That bass line, boy, did you hear the way those drums interacted with that?"”

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Author:Lauryn Hill

“I'm in a very close-knit, very, very tight family. My grandmother had 13 kids, so we had a lot of family like 50, 60 grandchildren and we all lived in Jersey, relatively in the same area. So every time there was something, my entire family was there. And I just believed everybody's family was like that.”

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“Love and this close-knit family structure really helped to give me the confidence. To know that you have family to go back to is a help. It doesn't always happen biologically. Sometimes God gives you family in other forms, but I was very blessed. I have a very strong biological family.”

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“I try not to have a day pass where I don't read something from the Bible. It's like my sustenance to me.”

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“Every writer I know has trouble writing.”

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