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It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful

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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
Became
Successful
Important
Love
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I always look outside.
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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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No matter what I'm goin' through, I could still exist.
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Keep in mind: true revolution is only seven people, right?
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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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Right now I'm trying to help my sister with her school situation, 'cause she's real smart. Besides me, my other brother's a lawyer... my parents stressed education a lot.
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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!
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Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
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My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it
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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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If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything.
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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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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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For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.
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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 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'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.
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In the beginning I had women problems, 'cause you know, I represent for the guys. But I was actin' a fool, whilin' out. I'm not sayin' I don't while out anymore. I'm not gonna lie to you.
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A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.
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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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