Quote

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.

Wyclef Jean

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
Actor
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
Musician
Rapper
Kwadèbouke
Wyclef Jeanelle Jean
Nel Ust Wyclef Jean
Always
Strict
Household
Parents
Grew
Parent
Family
Father
Smacked
Right
Caribbean

More quotes by Wyclef Jean

Image
I lived in a hut with no roof, and I rode to school on a donkey. I used to shoot birds with a slingshot to cook for dinner. Now I prefer to get my food from KFC.
Wyclef Jean
Image
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.
Wyclef Jean
Image
My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
Wyclef Jean
Image
I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.
Wyclef Jean
Image
Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic
Wyclef Jean
Image
I was looking for Quincy Jones, that's who I was obsessed with. Watching Mike [Jackson], I always knew that I had to be a showman on stage, because when people come to you live you always want them to come back. You gotta give them something to remember.
Wyclef Jean
Image
I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today
Wyclef Jean
Image
When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.
Wyclef Jean
Image
When I rap, I get to express myself in a way where putting words together is like poetry, and sometimes it's better to talk in certain expressions than sing, you know? So I love, I love to rhyme when I want to express certain things.
Wyclef Jean
Image
I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.
Wyclef Jean
Image
I've known Clinton for probably the last year that he was in office and stuff. The vibe that I always got from Clinton was, you-know, he never gave me a president-vibe.
Wyclef Jean
Image
What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.
Wyclef Jean
Image
I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.
Wyclef Jean
Image
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.
Wyclef Jean
Image
I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.
Wyclef Jean
Image
The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your flag.
Wyclef Jean
Image
I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.
Wyclef Jean
Image
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
Wyclef Jean
Image
I haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.
Wyclef Jean
Image
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.
Wyclef Jean