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I don't see no more Billie Holidays, no more Marvin Gayes, no more Smokey Robinsons. I don't even see no more Nirvanas.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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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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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 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.
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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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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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Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic
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When I lose touch with the audience and the reality of what life really is, I'll be Vanilla Ice or 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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Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.
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I think it's cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of people think it's funny. But it's true I used to try to get the accents.
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I haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.
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If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything.
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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 lived in a hut with no roof, and I rode to school on a donkey. I used to shoot birds with a slingshot to cook for dinner. Now I prefer to get my food from KFC.
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My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it
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If you go in the ring and box and you're angry, you're gonna lose the match.
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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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Every generation is gonna keep changing, and you just have to embrace the change.
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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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