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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.

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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My dad was in the hood, he was a minister, and he would always put churches in the ghetto.
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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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The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.
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The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your flag.
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My father being a Caribbean minister, one day I stole the radio. The radio that I stole, I took it to school, showing off how big this boom box was and how bad I was at the time. Once my father figured out where I left the radio, he then got his belt and he walked me, he beat me all the way to where I had hid the radio, and with the boom box.
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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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That's the best way to feed the human mind. That's how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face. After you got the groove, you were just singing the hooks, because you thought it was cool.
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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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Me and my father went through a war period where we wasn't talking. He wanted me to go to theology school - I didn't want to go. I wanted to do music. I told him I was a minister through music.
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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 do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.
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I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today
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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.
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Ever since I was a little kid, there used to be the Carnival that used to pass.
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I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.
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People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.
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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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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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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'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!
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