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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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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
Actor
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
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I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.
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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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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 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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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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Keep in mind: true revolution is only seven people, right?
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My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it
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It's important, when you see darkness, to understand that there's light ahead of that, and I'm the living testimony of that, you dig?
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The voice of an Angel, the Heart of a Lamb, the spirit of a Lioness, the presence of a Goddess, love you R.I.P Whitney Houston.
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Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.
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Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks.
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When you're talkin' about a great man, you're not talking more than one person. It's not about how many people are followin' you, it's about the fact that you're a great man, that's all it's about.
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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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For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.
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I don't see no more Billie Holidays, no more Marvin Gayes, no more Smokey Robinsons. I don't even see no more Nirvanas.
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I've never really [written] something that was inspired.
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