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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.

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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Knocks
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Talent
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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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Keep in mind: true revolution is only seven people, right?
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Michael Jackson was my musical God. He made me believe that all things are possible, and through real and positive music. He can live forever! I love Michael Jackson. God Bless him.
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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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If you go in the ring and box and you're angry, you're gonna lose the match.
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What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music.
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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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I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today
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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 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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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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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 want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.
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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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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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My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
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I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.
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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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Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.
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Every generation is gonna keep changing, and you just have to embrace the change.
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