I don't know anybody that's not emotionally unstable or schizophrenic.

Nobody's going to force me to do something against my will. What do I owe anybody that I should submit my will to them?

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.

You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice.

When I have a creative insight, there is a high. I think back in the day, I made music as much as I did because it made me feel so good. I think you could argue that there is a creative addiction - but, you know, the healthy kind.

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.