If You Love Something And If You're

I'm Trying To Open Up My Range And Really Sing More. 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.

Reality Is Easy. It's Deception That's The Hard Work.

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.

I Wouldn't Try To Put Myself In A Box Or Put God In A Box.

We've Got To Protect The Music And Make Sure It Never Gets Exploited.