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I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
Actor
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
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Rapper
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More quotes by Wyclef Jean
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
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
Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.
Wyclef Jean
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
I hear them playing Elvis, they on they way to Graceland. But they don't scare me, I'm in the trunk.
Wyclef Jean
When I lose touch with the audience and the reality of what life really is, I'll be Vanilla Ice or something.
Wyclef Jean
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
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
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.
Wyclef Jean
I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.
Wyclef Jean
I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.
Wyclef Jean
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.
Wyclef Jean
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
When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.
Wyclef Jean
For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.
Wyclef Jean
I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.
Wyclef Jean
I come from a hut, from a hut I went to the projects, from the projects I went to a mansion so you out there you have ABSOLUTLY NO EXCUSE!
Wyclef Jean
It will be true work that the kids can follow, as opposed to a facade of you doin' something, and you're doin' nothing.
Wyclef Jean
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
It was important to me to go back to the grungy, because all of a sudden you get excited again, 'cause there's another whole dimension of 'Clef that you wasn't expecting to hear.
Wyclef Jean