Wyclef Jean Quotes
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Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
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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.
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It will be true work that the kids can follow, as opposed to a facade of you doin' something, and you're doin' nothing.
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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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I come from a hut, from a hut I went to the projects, from the projects I went to a mansion so you out there you have ABSOLUTLY NO EXCUSE!
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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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It's important, when you see darkness, to understand that there's light ahead of that, and I'm the living testimony of that, you dig?
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You might see a female, and she triggers something, or you see an old lady walking down the street, she triggers something. You go to Africa, you see the vibes, that triggers something.
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I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.
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Ever since I was a little kid, there used to be the Carnival that used to pass.
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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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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 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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I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.
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It was important to me to go back to the grungy, because all of a sudden you get excited again, 'cause there's another whole dimension of 'Clef that you wasn't expecting to hear.
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I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual.
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When I'm rhyming it's all in my head... Like the slaves, when they were picking cotton, they would block out their minds. They would sing.
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My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
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I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.
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If you go in the ring and box and you're angry, you're gonna lose the match.
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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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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.
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My parents were Christian.
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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. Ive been doing it for seven years professionally.