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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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The reason why we're warriors is that we rise to the occasion anyone that's felt like the system put them down, and then they rose to the occasion, they're a warrior. It's not about whether you come from the hood or you come from the suburbs, you know what I mean? It's about reality and life.
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My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason I was raised with a lot of studies.
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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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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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The voice of an Angel, the Heart of a Lamb, the spirit of a Lioness, the presence of a Goddess, love you R.I.P Whitney Houston.
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The Wyclef Jean music is eclectic music. Wyclef represents music -eclectic music. I've been doing this music since I was a child, and I said I will refuse for anyone to put me into a box.
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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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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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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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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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I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.
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People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.
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I've been communicating with the Fugees, and it feels a lot better now than it did three or four years ago.
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I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.
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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 27 years old. I'm going to go into Hollywood really arrogant. I'll be breaking a lot of rules. It's going to be hot.
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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 always look outside.
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