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I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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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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I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.
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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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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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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 decided to do what I do when I was 2 years old. At 2 years old, you know, I heard the sound of a drum playing in the village, and I found my own drum and just picked it up and started playing, the worst song ever written by Wyclef Jean.But it actually started a vibe.
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I always want to know what's wrong with you, why you ain't smiling. That's just my character I just love people and want to see people having a good time.
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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 know that the nice shines I have on is going to pass. The nice cars will pass. All that will stay is the music and the work. That's where I get the inspiration to help people out and work
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Once we revolutionize the music industry, then we can revolutionize our communities and everything in the world, 'cause what happens is, the communities are listening to the music.
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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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The reason why we're warriors is that we rise to the occasion anyone that's felt like the system put them down, and then they rose to the occasion, they're a warrior. It's not about whether you come from the hood or you come from the suburbs, you know what I mean? It's about reality and life.
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Keep in mind: true revolution is only seven people, right?
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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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America is a melting pot of immigrants. So actually, if you took all of the immigrants outside of America, you'd be missing a lot of flavor, starting with the food, with the culture, with the dance, with everything.
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Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.
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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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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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