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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.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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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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It was important to me to go back to the grungy, because all of a sudden you get excited again, 'cause there's another whole dimension of 'Clef that you wasn't expecting to hear.
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Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.
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I was looking for Quincy Jones, that's who I was obsessed with. Watching Mike [Jackson], I always knew that I had to be a showman on stage, because when people come to you live you always want them to come back. You gotta give them something to remember.
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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 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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For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.
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Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.
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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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What a lot of people don't know is that Wyclef started off as a battle rapper, when he decided that he would rhyme.
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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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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'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.
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My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
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I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.
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America is a melting pot of immigrants. So actually, if you took all of the immigrants outside of America, you'd be missing a lot of flavor, starting with the food, with the culture, with the dance, with everything.
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In the beginning I had women problems, 'cause you know, I represent for the guys. But I was actin' a fool, whilin' out. I'm not sayin' I don't while out anymore. I'm not gonna lie to you.
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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.
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What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.
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