Wyclef Jean Quotes
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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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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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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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I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.
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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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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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There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.
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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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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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What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music.
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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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I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.
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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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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that.
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I always look outside.