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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
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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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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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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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.
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On Sundays I give the sermons like my dad used to give. I utilize it as a revolutionary tool, as a thinking tool, as a tool where I can recruit people, DM them, and give them information that I feel that they need going forward.
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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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What I picked up on Michael Jackson - because I study people when I watch them - the way that he counts his rhythm with his feet and his neck at the same time is crazy... so he's hearing multiple things at once. And I don't know anybody who does that.
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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.
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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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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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My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
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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.
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I haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.
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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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I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!
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Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.
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It will be true work that the kids can follow, as opposed to a facade of you doin' something, and you're doin' nothing.
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I like Bergen County because it's nice and quiet. It's beautiful, and I can get to the city way quick.
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When you enter the realm of politics, you don't enter it because you want to be popular. When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song.
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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'm not going away fast I've been around for a while, and plan to be around for a while more.
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