Fugees Quotes
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Our podium is the music. It's really important that we stay focused, because things become misconstrued in the media.
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What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.
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I hope that by people seeing the result of freedom that they'll want some, too.
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I lived in a hut with no roof, and I rode to school on a donkey. I used to shoot birds with a slingshot to cook for dinner. Now I prefer to get my food from KFC.
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From the first time someone says, Who do you think you are? we learn how to repress.
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How you gonna win when you ain't right within?
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I've been communicating with the Fugees, and it feels a lot better now than it did three or four years ago.
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For this album I was determined to do it my way. Take my time. I'm gonna win, lose or draw on my own.
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Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.
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I don't want to be religious, I want to be spiritual. Anybody can be religious. Some people jog religiously. You don't want to be that, you want to be spiritual. You want to have a relationship with God as opposed to doing what everyone else does.
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I know that the nice shines I have on is going to pass. The nice cars will pass. All that will stay is the music and the work. That's where I get the inspiration to help people out and work.
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People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.
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People need to understand that the Lauryn Hill they were exposed to in the beginning was all that was allowed in that arena at the time. I had to step away for the sake of the machine. I was being way too compromised. I felt uncomfortable having to smile in someone's face when I really didn't like them or know them well enough to like.
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I am no longer going to become a fictional character to please people. That's too much work.
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Everything is everything What is meant to be, will be After winter, must come spring Change, it comes eventually
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You might win some, but you just lost one.
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Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend!
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You improve yourself and light up the corner that you live on. You may not touch a gazillion lives, but you can light up your own space, light up your home.
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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.
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I get really afraid of those little comforts, those things that make us feel like we did something great, because I've done nothing. I've done nothing. I mean that sincerely.
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Let optimists rule the world.
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I don't buy into that whole concept of success that I have this mountain with this moat around it and then I get into my big car and drive to my destination and never see people. That's not my concept of success.
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You might see a female, and she triggers something, or you see an old lady walking down the street, she triggers something. You go to Africa, you see the vibes, that triggers something.
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The only help I need to live, is unprofessional. The only wealth I have to give, is not material. And if you need much more than that, I'm not available.