Fugees Quotes
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My mother gave me a piece of bread, which was love and encouragement. The correction was the meat, the substance. And then she would sandwich that, sandwich that with another piece of bread, which was love and encouragement. That was very important in shaping and molding our morality, our understanding of ourselves, making sure that we didn’t think we were better than or less than anyone, feeling no more worthy or no less worthy than anyone else.
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When I was leaving I kind of felt a little bit sad, because I made some friends down in skid row.
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We've got to protect the music and make sure it never gets exploited.
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I never did anything I'm really ashamed of.
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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.
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Let me be patient, let me be kind, make me unselfish, without being blind.
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Love is an incredible thing but we don't know love like we should. Unconditional love we don't know it because if a person stops stimulating us, we stop loving them.
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I went to Jamaica for six months, and in Jamaica there was a lot of stillness.
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The record Clef and I did was just sitting there. So I said, Clef, I got a record, hit a verse on it. He just went in, messed around and ended up doing the hook too.
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I'm trying to be a loving and caring mother, a loving and caring wife-to-be, a loving and caring daughter, a loving and caring friend, a responsible person. And every day is another opportunity for me to be successful at that.
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Place your attention 6 inches above your crown. God is breathing in and out there.
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I'm confident being at Universal, which is a great home for me, 'cause they understand what I'm trying to do.
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Now you are meeting another Lauryn, so it's good to be reintroduced.
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Wow, this is so amazing. I thank God. This is crazy because this is hip-hop music.
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When we came up with titles like Ready or Not, that's how we really felt.
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And what you need ironically. Will turn out what you want to be. If you just let it.
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In my life the most influential people are people who are sort of brought to me, as opposed to people I seek out.
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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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We call ourselves creators and we just copy.
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I got Moxie, I'm so damn foxy Industry try to block me like cops and paparazzi.
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So while you're imitating Al Capone, I'll be Nina Simone And defecating on your microphone.
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With The Fugees initially, and even with 'Miseducation', it was very hip-hop - always a singing over beats. I don't think people have really heard me sing out. So if I do record again, perhaps it will have an expanded context. Where people can hear a bit more.
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Who you going to tell when the repercussions spin, showing off your ass because you think it's a trend.
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We should always be aspiring to know more, and to better ourselves, and to improve ourselves. To improve ourselves, because that's how we improve the world around us, by working within us.