Wyclef Jean quotes - page 2

My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies. (Wyclef Jean)
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? View quote
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I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual. View quote
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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. View quote
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If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything. View quote
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Every generation is gonna keep changing, and you just have to embrace the change. View quote
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I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy. View quote
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I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge. View quote
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For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm 27 years old. I'm going to go into Hollywood really arrogant. I'll be breaking a lot of rules. It's going to be hot. (Wyclef Jean)
What I picked up on Michael Jackson - because I study people when I watch them - the way that he counts his rhythm with his feet and his neck at the same time is crazy... so he's hearing multiple things at once. And I don't know anybody who does that. View quote
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I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people. View quote
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Right now I'm trying to help my sister with her school situation, 'cause she's real smart. Besides me, my other brother's a lawyer... my parents stressed education a lot. View quote
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A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to. View quote
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When you enter the realm of politics, you don't enter it because you want to be popular. When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song. View quote
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My accomplishment has helped millions of kids see that they can come from a poor family and go somewhere, make something out of themselves. I've been doing it for seven years professionally. View quote
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When I rap, I get to express myself in a way where putting words together is like poetry, and sometimes it's better to talk in certain expressions than sing, you know? So I love, I love to rhyme when I want to express certain things. View quote
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Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts; I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Wyclef Jean)
I think it's cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of people think it's funny. But it's true I used to try to get the accents. View quote
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Photo: Ali Dan-Bouzoua from New York, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: October 17, 1969
Quotes count: 47