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If you go in the ring and box and you're angry, you're gonna lose the match.
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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You might see a female, and she triggers something, or you see an old lady walking down the street, she triggers something. You go to Africa, you see the vibes, that triggers something.
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My grandfather was a voodoo priest. A lot of my life dealt with spirituality. I can close my eyes and remember where I come from.
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It's important, when you see darkness, to understand that there's light ahead of that, and I'm the living testimony of that, you dig?
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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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The first thing you must learn is to always treat a man and a woman with total respect and honor, 'cause if you do that, the legacy you will leave behind will be work.
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I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.
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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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For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.
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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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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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I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.
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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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My parents were Christian.
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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'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today
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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'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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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'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.
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