NPR recently did a dope interview with Lauryn Hill where she discusses a host of things including on why she stopped making music, what it means to her to perform live, and being a mother. Here is an excerpt from the interview.

NPR: I ask her the question her fans have been asking each other for years: Why did you stop putting out music?

Lauryn Hill: “There were a number of different reasons,” she says. “But partly, the support system that I needed was not necessarily in place. There were things about myself, personal-growth things, that I had to go through in order to feel like it was worth it. In fact, as musicians and artists, it’s important we have an environment — and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the [music] industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society, or at least some aspect of society. And it’s important that people be given the time that they need to go through, to grow, so that the consciousness level of the general public is properly affected.”

Click here to read the entire interview.