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I always want to know what's wrong with you, why you ain't smiling. That's just my character I just love people and want to see people having a good time.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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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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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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For me, before I go on stage, it all depends. Might be a girl, might be an edible, might be a verse, might be somebody mixing something in my drink without me knowing - hopefully that won't happen tonight.
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I hear them playing Elvis, they on they way to Graceland. But they don't scare me, I'm in the trunk.
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My parents were Christian.
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My dad was in the hood, he was a minister, and he would always put churches in the ghetto.
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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.
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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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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'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today
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