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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
Actor
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
Musician
Rapper
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I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.
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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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I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.
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My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it
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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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On Sundays I give the sermons like my dad used to give. I utilize it as a revolutionary tool, as a thinking tool, as a tool where I can recruit people, DM them, and give them information that I feel that they need going forward.
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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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Once we revolutionize the music industry, then we can revolutionize our communities and everything in the world, 'cause what happens is, the communities are listening to the music.
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When you're talkin' about a great man, you're not talking more than one person. It's not about how many people are followin' you, it's about the fact that you're a great man, that's all it's about.
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I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.
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Haiti is my country. The same way the Beatles are received in England - that's how Wyclef Jean is received in Haiti, do you know what I mean?
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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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Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.
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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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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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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 want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual.
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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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For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.
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