Wyclef Jean Quotes
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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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At the end of the day, just know that God made you, so you can be your own individual, and don't let people give you that peer pressure.
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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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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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I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.
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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 like Bergen County because it's nice and quiet. It's beautiful, and I can get to the city way quick.
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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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No matter how far you go, if you can't go back to the essence, you're not sayin' nothin'. The essence for me is hip-hop. But the hip-hop community I came up in isn't a loyal community.
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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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In the beginning I had women problems, 'cause you know, I represent for the guys. But I was actin' a fool, whilin' out. I'm not sayin' I don't while out anymore. I'm not gonna lie to you.
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There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.
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What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music.
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Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.
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I've never really written something that was inspired.
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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 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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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that.
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I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.
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I always look outside.