Wyclef Jean Quotes
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You get quick money, it's beautiful, there's sunshine, but at the end of the day, you find out it's all a masquerade, baby. It's not what it seems.
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The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.
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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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It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful.
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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.
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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.
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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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When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.
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I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.
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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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My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it.
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My grandfather was a voodoo priest. A lot of my life dealt with spirituality. I can close my eyes and remember where I come from.
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I haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.
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Michael Jackson was my musical God. He made me believe that all things are possible, and through real and positive music. He can live forever! I love Michael Jackson. God Bless him.
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For me, before I go on stage, it all depends. Might be a girl, might be an edible, might be a verse, might be somebody mixing something in my drink without me knowing - hopefully that won't happen tonight.
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I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!
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A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.
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I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today.
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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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Every generation is gonna keep changing, and you just have to embrace the change.
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What a lot of people don't know is that Wyclef started off as a battle rapper, when he decided that he would rhyme.
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No matter what I'm goin' through, I could still exist.
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My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies.
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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.