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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.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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No matter what I'm goin' through, I could still exist.
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My father being a Caribbean minister, one day I stole the radio. The radio that I stole, I took it to school, showing off how big this boom box was and how bad I was at the time. Once my father figured out where I left the radio, he then got his belt and he walked me, he beat me all the way to where I had hid the radio, and with the boom box.
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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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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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I've never really [written] something that was inspired.
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Keep in mind: true revolution is only seven people, right?
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My first record wasn't even with the Fugees. I was signed to Big Beat Records, so I was signed back in 1989 to the label that the Knocks are on now. You can always tell which generation had the pulse based on how they see things.
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I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time.
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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
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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 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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My parents were Christian.
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There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.
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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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My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
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I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.
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You might see a female, and she triggers something, or you see an old lady walking down the street, she triggers something. You go to Africa, you see the vibes, that triggers something.
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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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I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.
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