Wyclef Jean Quotes
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Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic
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The first thing you must learn is to always treat a man and a woman with total respect and honor, 'cause if you do that, the legacy you will leave behind will be work.
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I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.
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For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.
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I've known Clinton for probably the last year that he was in office and stuff. The vibe that I always got from Clinton was, you-know, he never gave me a president-vibe.
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I was looking for Quincy Jones, that's who I was obsessed with. Watching Mike [Jackson], I always knew that I had to be a showman on stage, because when people come to you live you always want them to come back. You gotta give them something to remember.
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The voice of an Angel, the Heart of a Lamb, the spirit of a Lioness, the presence of a Goddess, love you R.I.P Whitney Houston.
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I've never really [written] something that was inspired.
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I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.
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I'm not going away fast; I've been around for a while, and plan to be around for a while more.
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I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.
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I've been communicating with the Fugees, and it feels a lot better now than it did three or four years ago.
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When you're talkin' about a great man, you're not talking more than one person. It's not about how many people are followin' you, it's about the fact that you're a great man, that's all it's about.
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The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your flag.
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Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.
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I haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.
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The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.
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Wyclef is a musician that tried to unite as many musicians at once as possible. I am trying to be successful at that. The greatest challenge is that, I just got arrested for protesting in NYC for cutting the school budgets... And I think that it's important to stand up. Schools are important.
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The Wyclef Jean music is eclectic music. Wyclef represents music -eclectic music. I've been doing this music since I was a child, and I said I will refuse for anyone to put me into a box.
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My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
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When I lose touch with the audience and the reality of what life really is, I'll be Vanilla Ice or something.
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That's the best way to feed the human mind. That's how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face. After you got the groove, you were just singing the hooks, because you thought it was cool.
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I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.
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My dad was in the hood, he was a minister, and he would always put churches in the ghetto.
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Every generation is gonna keep changing, and you just have to embrace the change.
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Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.
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I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!
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I don't see no more Billie Holidays, no more Marvin Gayes, no more Smokey Robinsons. I don't even see no more Nirvanas.
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My father being a Caribbean minister, one day I stole the radio. The radio that I stole, I took it to school, showing off how big this boom box was and how bad I was at the time. Once my father figured out where I left the radio, he then got his belt and he walked me, he beat me all the way to where I had hid the radio, and with the boom box.
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Haiti is my country. The same way the Beatles are received in England - that's how Wyclef Jean is received in Haiti, do you know what I mean?
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