Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work.
Lauryn HillRead
I think what people are attracted to about me, if anything, is my passion. People got exposed to my passion through music and song first.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of passion as a means of attracting others and connecting emotionally.
Lauryn Hill reflects on how her passion, particularly expressed through her music and songwriting, draws people to her. It suggests that authenticity and enthusiasm can resonate with others, highlighting the value of sharing one's genuine interests and feelings.
In practice
Using this quote in a speech about the importance of following your passions to inspire students at a music school.
Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work.
You could get the money, you can get the power, but keep your eyes on the final hour.
The only way to know is to Live, Learn, and Grow
Now the skies could fall _x000D_ Not even if my boss should call _x000D_ The world it seems so very small _x000D_ 'Cause nothing even matters at all
We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it.
I don't feel like my money or my success defines me. I've always been very happy just bein' me.
I think a lot of people who want to be musicians terrify their parents because they don't have a living example of it in their families, and I did. So I always knew that it was possible.
I often use the same harmonies as pop music because the complexity of what I do is elsewhere.
Abstract art was the quivalent of poetic expression; I didnβt need to use words,but colors and lines. I didnβt need to belong to a language-oriented culture but to an open form of expression.
Cooking is one of the oldest arts and one which has rendered us the most important service in civic life.
The challenge is to keep up with all the new poets at the same time I love the old ones.
This image of wanting to be an artist - that I would in some way become an artist -was very strong. I knew for a long, long time that that's what I would be. But nothing I ever did seemed to bring me any nearer to the condition of being an artist. And I didn't know how to do it.
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