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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.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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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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I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.
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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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What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.
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When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.
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I'm 27 years old. I'm going to go into Hollywood really arrogant. I'll be breaking a lot of rules. It's going to be hot.
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I've never really [written] something that was inspired.
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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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Me and my father went through a war period where we wasn't talking. He wanted me to go to theology school - I didn't want to go. I wanted to do music. I told him I was a minister through music.
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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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The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.
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Haiti is my country. The same way the Beatles are received in England - that's how Wyclef Jean is received in Haiti, do you know what I mean?
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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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The first thing you must learn is to always treat a man and a woman with total respect and honor, 'cause if you do that, the legacy you will leave behind will be work.
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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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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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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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For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.
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