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I used to play my records aloud until one night my mother was like, "This is too loud. I'm not having it," and so I put on headphones. But the headphones didn't stretch all the way to my bed from the record player, so I had to sleep on the floor in order to hear the records. I slept on the floor right next to the record player until I was probably 19 years old.

Lauryn Hill
Mother, Sleep, Player
"Queen of Hip Hop". American Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 18, 2000.
I used to play my records aloud until one night my mother was like, This is too loud. I'm not having it, and so I put on headphones. But the headphones didn't stretch all the way to my bed from the record player, so I