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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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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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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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My accomplishment has helped millions of kids see that they can come from a poor family and go somewhere, make something out of themselves. Ive been doing it for seven years professionally.
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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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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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When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.
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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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The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.
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I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.
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When I'm rhyming it's all in my head... Like the slaves, when they were picking cotton, they would block out their minds. They would sing.
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