Wyclef Jean Quotes
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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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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 like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.
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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 haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.
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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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No matter what I'm goin' through, I could still exist.
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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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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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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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What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music.
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I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today.
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I've never really written something that was inspired.
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Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.
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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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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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I always look outside.
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I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.
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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that.